Facebook is surprisingly good at helping to identify prejudice in all its manifestations (and snobbery for theat matter).
Dill was part of the summer world which is part of what made him so exciting to Scout and her brother. Henry was part of the workaday world, and, the later chapters make it clearer, becomes a greater focus after she's about 12.
I agree that there are a couple of places which could use tightening or other minor bits of editing. What strikes me though is how visceral this book is. The great sentences are there, but they have an immediate impact rather than being the step away of TKaM.
I don't think anyone would describe the author of TKaM as angry. I think it's impossible to describe the author of Go Set a Watchman any other way.
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Date: 2015-07-15 02:04 pm (UTC)Dill was part of the summer world which is part of what made him so exciting to Scout and her brother. Henry was part of the workaday world, and, the later chapters make it clearer, becomes a greater focus after she's about 12.
I agree that there are a couple of places which could use tightening or other minor bits of editing. What strikes me though is how visceral this book is. The great sentences are there, but they have an immediate impact rather than being the step away of TKaM.
I don't think anyone would describe the author of TKaM as angry. I think it's impossible to describe the author of Go Set a Watchman any other way.