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Re: Atticus
by Ottilie
7/13/2015, 8:01 AM
in reply to a message by Joiya
I read yesterday that Atticus Finch is portrayed as racist in Go Set a Watchman. I'm kind of sad about that.
Ottilie


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- LMS
7/14/2015, 12:28 PM
Ditto
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- Billina   +1
7/13/2015, 9:47 AM
Editing this out.Sorry. I posted about it in the Lounge, so go there. :P

This message was edited 7/13/2015, 10:11 AM

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- Ottilie
7/13/2015, 9:48 AM
Damn!I didn't know Jem was dead. My copy of the book came today, but I missed the delivery.
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- Puck (BBH)   +3
7/13/2015, 8:22 AM
I think the name Atticus is far better suited to an antagonist.
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- Ottilie   +2
7/13/2015, 9:50 AM
Objectively, I think you might be right, but it's been associated with such a positive figure for so long in my mind that I find it difficult to separate the two.
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- Billina   +1
7/13/2015, 10:12 AM
I agree. The name Atticus makes me think of someone who stands up for what is right. It's hard to look at it objectively, at least for me.
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- Joiya
7/13/2015, 10:14 AM
Oh, the pseudo-innate responses ingrained in us during middle school Lit class. ;)
Atticus always had such a harsh sound to me, like Gattica.
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