[마이리뷰] To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird (Mass Market Paperback, 미국판) - 『앵무새 죽이기』 원서
하퍼 리 지음 / Warner Books / 1988년 10월

축약 표현, 고어들이 자주 나오고 재판 부분의 리얼한 상황들의 법률 용어들이 쉽지 않았지만 내용이 너무 좋아서 포기 하지 않고 끝까지 읽을 수 밖에 없는 작품이다.

Let the dead bury dead. - P369

"If you shouldn‘t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin‘it?"

"For a number of reasons," said Atticus.
"The one is, if I didn‘t I couldn‘t hold up my head in town, I couldn‘t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn‘t even tell you or Jem not to do something again."

"You mean if you didn‘t defend that man, Jem and me wouldn‘t have to mind you any more?"

"That‘s about right."
"Why?"

"Because I could never ask you to mind me again.
Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally.This one‘s mine, I guess. You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don‘t you let‘ em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...it‘s a good one, even if it does resist learning." - P100