Guides you in the right path, so it should stay"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." (Sir Richard Steele) Reading expands the mind's capacity for knowledge. It gives us a different view of the world. Reading allows us to live a version of life completely different from ours. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very tasty book. It gives us a look at the old days, when racism was still a big problem. It tells us how they lived their lives during the Great Depression. It's not just a life story, but it's a history lesson. This story is a nice addition to our reading curve. If people read, they can provide a brief description of the story, descriptive language that attracts listeners and readers and can teach lessons for everyday life. The vast majority of people who attend school say it is boring. Take history for example: for some people it's not the most fun subject. It is not taught in a way that is appealing to the population it is taught to. The students slowly become disinterested as the instructor rambles on about the lesson being taught. The information simply goes in one ear and out the other. Why should students sit and listen to what appears to be useless? Isn't there a different way to teach history? There is, in fact, a way to make it more interesting, and that is to hide it in plain sight. Instead of providing information to students, why can't they feed themselves? They can if they read To Kill a Mockingbird. In this novel, Harper Lee tells readers about the lives of two children, Scout and Jem Finch. Even though it is about the lives of children, the book still talks about the Great Depression and its attributes. Also, at a slightly higher level, it talks about…half of the paper…I'm in trouble. Sending him to prison would be like killing a mockingbird. People all over the world must learn the lesson that Harper Lee was trying to teach in this novel. The important lesson Harper taught is that reading is an important key in life. If people didn't read, they wouldn't know about racial segregation that happened long ago. They wouldn't even know about the conditions of a small county during the darkest time, the Great Depression. Without reading, how could people know the simple but true quote: “…remember that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). If we didn't read books like this, we wouldn't learn the power that descriptive language has on people. This book is a great piece of our learning curve and should remain in our learning canon, so that more students can become as advanced as Harper Lee.