I love it-the movie and the book both. I find it wonderful that all of you love it,too. To me, it is a Homey book. This is the same South I was raised in. I had the same rules-we were never allowed to comment on anything Company did. Like when Scout commented on what her school friend did with his dinner & was severely chastened by the housekeeper. The same thing would have happened to me. Scout & her haircut looks just like my sister's did. Everyone knew everyone else and some families were poor, but very proud. To help out,you had to take care how you phrased it.
One family I know from Jawjaw (Georgia,for yanks),wanted their 9 year old son to see this movie and worried about the rape discussions. They decided it was important for him to see anyway. After the movie,his Mother asked him if he had any questions, The boy said,yes,he did. Mother then sent him in with his Dad & closed the door bracing herself. The Dad was bracing himself. The little boy looked at him and asked "Dad-what is a chifferobe?".
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