A top ten list of classics with positive depictions of parent-child relationships.
Tag Archives: To Kill a Mockingbird
Top 10 Parent-Child Classics (Positive)
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Mother to Son", Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Francis Hodgson Burnett, George Eliot, Golden Bowl, Harper Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Fielding, Henry James, Huckleberry Finn, Langston Hughes, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Mark Twain, Parent-child relationships, Silas Marner, Tempest, Tom Jones, Uncle Tom's Cabin, William Shakespeare Comments closed
In Solitary Others We See Ourselves
When a Maine hermit is arrested after 27 years in solitude, we project our stories upon him.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Something", Daniel Defoe, Harper Lee, loneliness, Mary Oliver, Robinson Crusoe Comments closed
Harper Lee’s White Liberal Fantasy
Important though it was, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was also a white liberal fantasy.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Blues for Mister Charlie, Civil Rights Movement, Harper Lee, James Baldwin, liberalism, racism Comments closed
The White Liberal in Civil Rights Lit
White Liberals suffer a downward spiral in 1960’s Civil Rights Literature, from heroic Atticus Finch to “Radical Chic” Leonard Bernstein.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Blues for Mister Charlie, Civil Rights Movement, Eldridge Cleaver, Harper Lee, James Baldwin, Radical Chic, Soul on Ice, Tom Wolve, White Liberals Comments closed
America’s Avian Maestro, the Mockingbird
Tom Robbins and Scott Bates regard the mockingbird as an emblem for the consummate artist.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Mockingbird", "Talented Mockingbird", Harper Lee, Mockingbirds, Scott Bates, Skinny Legs and All, Songbirds, Tom Robbins Comments closed
Lives Impacted by Film, Part II
Film Friday Last Friday I reported that Julia and I were on our way to a dinner with our film group and that we had an assignment: to come up with 3-5 films and explain how they had impacted our lives. The evening was a smashing success, and I recommend the idea to others. […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Accused, Bonnie and Clyde, Camelot, Cinderella, Deer Hunter, Departures, Desperately Seeking Susan, Film, Harlan County USA, Haunted House, High Anxiety, Jules and Jim, King and I, Matewan, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Sound of Music, Virgin Spring, Yellow Submarine Comments closed