This, though unfortunate, is not surprising. When Jean Louise arrives in Maycomb, she finds that race relations in her hometown are worse than ever. The book is primarily about Scout (now, at 26 years of age, known as Jean Louise), who has moved to New York City and has just returned to Maycomb for a visit. It's uncomfortable because, unlike Mockingbird, it's painfully realistic. Go Set a Watchman is a very uncomfortable book. Seeing that Maycomb, the story's fictional setting, is located in Alabama, this decision naturally makes most citizens in the story very, very unhappy-almost as unhappy as the reader is with Atticus's stance on the matter. Supreme Court case that pronounced racially segregated schools unconstitutional.
The major issue at hand in Watchman is, not surprisingly, a social one specifically, the book looks at the effects of Brown v. You will need to put the Mockingbird story out of your mind, as I soon did, if you're to enjoy or learn from Watchman. If you're looking to learn more about Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, or anything else that occurs in the first book, you are going to be quite disappointed with Lee's newest publication. And though it's true that Watchman could have been developed into a more plot-based novel, I found that it still has an important lesson to teach its readers. If Mockingbird is about doing what is right, Watchman is about somehow reconciling what is right with what is real.
Unlike the well-rounded and developed story of Mockingbird that we all know and love, Watchman is less of a story and more of a blunt confrontation. In doing so, I set myself up for some serious shock and-dare I say it-disappointment. I know that I let myself fall into the hopeful trap that Watchman would somehow be an extension of the Mockingbird story. Old and young readers alike have impatiently awaited the return of their beloved Atticus Finch, and we've all looked forward to being reunited with Scout, Jem, Dill, and maybe even Boo Radley. The publication of this new book has been met with some cries of controversy, but for the most part, fans of Mockingbird have responded with ecstatic excitement. After much excitement and publicity, Harper Lee's new/old novel, Go Set a Watchman, has been published and eagerly received by fans of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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