Atticus! Oh Atticus where are you? To Kill A Mockingbird has been used in high school curriculum for a long time. Stivers School for the Arts being one of many schools who use the story strictly like a prayer. But should high schools really enforce the book on its youthful students. Many believe in the use of the book in education. While many do not. While high schoolers should be free to read the story if they think it meets their comprehension, ninth graders and below should not be subjected to read the story. To Kill A Mockingbird’s grammar, and its advance specific word choice makes the story very difficult to comprehend. To Kill A Mockingbird also profoundly uses the n-word. Which tends to make many uncomfortable. Furthermore, To Kill A Mockingbird also explains the n-word lightly. …show more content…
Maturity tends to become a guest when in adolescent years. To Kill A Mockingbird did not “suggest that the book was young-adult literature,or that it belonged in adolescent collections.”(Karolides 278). Although the book mentions violence and rape fourteen year olds and fifteen year olds can understand the sensitive topics. But for rape victims they may be offended by the lying about the perpetrator. As well as the way the case is handled lightly. The judge shows little to any emotion and tells Mayella she’s old enough to talk and indeed she needs to stop crying and being so emotional. To Kill a Mockingbird uses complex words such as “By the end of August our repertoire…” Ninth graders at Stivers when asked what the word means they could not