I hope the reflections on that book, which you can find in this blog, will inspire and make you read that incredible book.
In my previous reflections, I've talked about the main idea and the main characters of that book. But now, I want to concentrate on a very interesting character Calpurnia, the black housekeeper.
Once, when Atticus is away, Calpurnia decides to take Jem and Scout to the church with her, but that is the church for black people. There, she is being criticized for bringing white children to that church, but Reverend Sykes, the father of the black church says, that everyone knows their father. The church was in a very bad condition, it was very old and the church didn't have money for hymnals (the book of hymns), so a very few people could read.
Reverend Sykes collects some money for Tom Robinson's wife, because she couldn't find a work, as her husband was accused. In the church, Calpurnia's language was a little bit different and seemed confusing to Jem and Scout. Later, Calpurnia explained to Jem that she couldn't speak "white" language with black people.
In my opinion, these chapters show, that Calpurnia was in the middle of the black and white people and she was trying to break the gap between those two. (By taking children to their church). But I don't want to tell you everything, because I want you to read that book and maybe you will understand the whole thing in your own, different way :)
So, what about starting reading it??
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