Time to go home
Friday, March 10, 2023 | 200 Views |
And so it was, the conclusion of a literary masterpiece, ingrained within the budding synapses of Mrs Henderson’s Grade 6 class, the sad truth of an unjust world. Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird sparked an insatiable yearning within me for the written word.
The themes of racism and injustice priming my young mind for the sometimes sad realities of a cruel world. While Lee’s masterpiece evoked a wide spectrum of emotions in all of us, it also supplied some of the coolest names of any characters I have come across. That would be you Boo Radley and X Billups. A glance at the clock revealed its 2 hands pointing at the 3 and 6 in a close to perfect 90 degree angle. The flawless geometry signalled 3:30 pm and the conclusion of our educational day.
In most of these cases, all this violence is done in the name of love! Love is a beautiful thing and no one who claims to love another can ever wish harm on the object of their affection let alone inflict pain upon them.A few weeks ago, the nation was shaken following the gruesome murder of two little innocent souls by their father, who after that painful act committed suicide. One of the biggest challenges that we face as a nation is that we...