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"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul." TKM does this part so well that we feel embraced by the story instead of just decoding the words. You fell like that character and not some random bystander, and that is why the book is a classic.

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TKAM withstands the test of time because during the book, it would continuously make you think about what the author is trying to tell you within the character's point of view. It would connect you to the story and make you think to yourself about so many things, like how would you react to this? or why did they do this? Making us think and answer these questions yourself if a way of having a deeper connection to the book in your own personal way.

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Findings suggest that those "who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective."

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Findings suggest that those "who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective."

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Reading TKAM made me look at how blacks were treated so poorly at that time, and even to this day. You gain a sense of sympathy after realizing how long this as been a problem. TKAM withstands the test of time due to how relevant most of it's issues remain to cause problems around 80 years since the book took place.

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 "Reading is an immense gift, but only if the words are assimilated, taken into the soul -- eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.

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 "Reading is an immense gift, but only if the words are assimilated, taken into the soul -- eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.

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this book withstands the test of time because it was written so that the reader can connect emotionally with the characters and always remember the lessons from the book so that it can be "taken into the soul."

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"It is 'spiritual reading' -- not merely decoding -- that unleashes the power that good literature has to reach into our souls and, in so doing, draw and connect us to others." When you read TKaM, you connect with the characters in the book because you look at the events that take place in the book through their eyes. This allows you to draw a connection with them, and understand their thinking.

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we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."

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we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."

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the book withstands time because throughout the book there are lessons to be learned and with each one I thought to myself, society is so different now and I thought that everyone should start and apply these lesson into our lives today.

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"It is "spiritual reading" -- not merely decoding -- that unleashes the power that good literature has to reach into our souls and, in so doing, draw and connect us to others."
TKAM teaches you to look through other eyes and try to feel the same way. You could connect to the characters and feel how they felt.

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this book withstands time because it is the type of book that you will always remember. the article had mentioned how great literature can touch your soul and help you sympathize with other people are also struggling, which is what TKAM did.

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HTKAMB withstands the test of time because it was so well written that it touched the reader emotionally. "a kind of reading that differs in kind and quality from "the mere decoding of words". As an example, when Tom got convicted of a crime he did not do. This touches the reader which keeps the book relevant today.

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"even so, such reading doesn't make us better so much as it makes us human"

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"even so, such reading doesn't make us better so much as it makes us human"

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This is one of the reasons that TKAM withstands the test of time. Because the lessons in the book make you better as well as they make you more human. What Atticus taught Jem and Scout was the right way to act in the world rather than some of the other characters.

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'Deep reading' as stated in the article occurs only in great literature. Everyday reading like newspapers or the internet does not meet these requirements as everything is laid out and there is no more to gain from looking beyond just the plain words. In TKAM the many plots that are intertwained and since Scout is not completely aware of everything readers must think more about the text and thus come up with more ideas and themes

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"I learned to embrace the real world rather than escaping into flights of fancy." Scout often didn't understand her problems. For example, her innocence made her unable to understand the problems that Atticus and even the whole town was going through when race was a common "issue". Scout thought that there were no problems in Maycomb. She was shocked when she learned the town did have problems (around the time of the trial). Even now, you can continue to learn to face reality. This is something that will never change.

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"who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective."

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"who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective."

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This applies to a lesson that Atticus taught Jem and Scout. You don't know what someone is going through until you walk in their shoes. Although this book was written around fifty years ago, people can still relate to this today because it is a good way to live by.

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The book includes good morals that can apply to everyday life. For example: "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This quote in particular, when going beyond the literal meaning of it, could mean that people like Boo Radley, no matter how many times Scout tries to create mischief and what not to him, never tried to cause any harm. Thus it's wrong that Scout is doing that. In reality, people should not be antagonizing others, particularly innocent ones, when they aren't the ones with blood on their hands.

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"The stories from these books and so many others became part of my life story and then, gradually, part of my very soul."
TKAM has so many morals and so many parts that it becomes part of someone when they read it. It spreads out and lives inside of everyone who reads it.
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."
Not only do we see things from Scout's view, but we learn the lesson of seeing things from other people's views. Every character's action had a good reason for it.

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TKaMB stand the test of time because you can really understand each character's thoughts and
actions, regardless if they were in the wrong or not. It helps you see things from other people's perspectives, even if their opinion may be a wrong one. ---" What good literature can do and does do -- far greater than any importation of morality -- is touch the human soul." this helps connect to the book, especially when Mr, Underwood compared the senseless death of Tom to the likes of killing songbirds- which also connects to a quote fro the beginning of the book, said by Miss Maudie: "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." this really helps you connect the death of Tom to killing a mockingbird: neither had done anything wrong. It connects to the themes of innocence prevalent throughout the book.