This book changed my life..

I've read so many books but I have never read any book that had so many great lessons like this one. Maybe it was because we went over the story and found out what is going on and what we can learn from the book in class. However, To Kill a Mockingbird sure was a book that taught me some good lessons. There are several lessons I can remember right now. One of them is: you've got to do your job properly and be responsible for what you do. Atticus is a great example of a person who is responsible and does his job well. Atticus, as a lawyer, he tried his best to defend Tom Robinson against the racist white juries, and did a great job, even though the jury convicted him guilty due to his race.

" "...Cal, what's all this?" He was staring at his breakfast plate. Calpurnia said, "Tom Robinson's daddy sent you along this chicken this morning. I fixed it." ... The kitchen table was loaded with enough food to bury the family: hunks of salt pork, tomatoes, beans, even scuppernongs. Atticus grinned when he found a jar of pickled pigs' knuckles." (pg. 213)

This was when people from African - American community sent Atticus copious amount of food after the trial of Tom Robinson. The African - Americans was quite thankful to Atticus for doing his best to defend Tom Robinson. From here, you can learn that if you do your job and try your best on whatever you are doing, you will earn something someday and the effort that you put in will always return to you. I've been trying my best in classes and putting my effort on the assignments and other things that we do in class. As a result, I've been getting satisfying grades. Therefore, one of the most important lessons that I've learned from the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was that I have to do my job, be responsible for what I do, and put all my effort on to whatever I do.