so atticus is racist. the new novel go set a watchman is a see qet to is a sequel to to kill a mockingbird. the dad/lawyer is now kind of racist and everyone is kind of upset. now there was an article at huffington post that said dear white people, we are all atticus finch. great. just when i got used to being sparticus. we just took down the confederate flag and voted for barack obama. the article should have been written american liberals. we are all scout finch. yes, scout. she grew up to be, of course, harper lee who shows her disillusion meant with a man. the publisher even says at its heart it is a coming of age
as old curiosities and bookshop where copies of go set a watchman just went on sale. you see people cueing up there. cnn s ed lavandera is joining me on the phone. so you are in harper lee s hometown. i imagine there is so much anticipation. i can see the crowds on the screen gathering to buy this boat go set a watchman. i m curious what the reaction has been from the people you ve spoken to about how atticus finch s character has been recast. caller: there are so many people who see this novel shrouded in mystery, in intrigue. they ve read some of the initial reviews that have already been published, which suggests that atticus finch, this beloved character that has been portrayed as this hero of this small alabama town atticus finch. they have monuments and statues and pictures dedicated to atticus finch throughout this
novel go set a watchman started with a midnight party in the writer s hometown of monroeville, alabama. sher caldwell is an english schoolteacher who drove nine hours from kentucky to be here. she s mystified by the transformation of atticus finch in the watchman novel, the beloved character who s now a racist. he represents everything good in the moral compass of the book. and if i m wrong, it s embarrassing. reporter: as thousands have flocked to lee s hometown the reclusive writer who is known around here simply as nell spent the day in this assisted living center security guards on the front porch keeping reporters and others away. wayne flint is a dear friend of harper lee. he says the writer struggles to hear and see and describes her life as boring. but flint says she s okay with that. she is an american enigma because in an age of narcissism
out the dining car window with a delight almost physical. over her breakfast coffee she watched the last of georgia s hills recede and the red earth appear. reporter: the first words of go set a watchman, narrated by reese witherspoon. an early taste of what was the first draft of to kill a mockingbird. harper lee actually wrote while living right here on this very stretch of road on new york s upper east side in the 1950s. for almost six decades go set a watchman was
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