August 6th Meetup

For this month's Thursday Meetup, we will be reading a literary classic, "To Kill A Mockingbird", by Harper Lee. This is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, in 1930's Alabama. Scout and Jem's God-like father, Atticus, is a respected and upstanding lawyer in small Maycomb County. When he takes on a case that pits innocent, black Tom Robinson against two dishonest white people, Atticus knows that he will lose, but he has to defend the man or he can't live with himself. The case is the biggest thing to hit Maycomb County in years and it turns the whole town against Atticus, or so it seems. Scout and Jem are forced to bear the slurs against their father and watch with shock and disillusionment as their fellow townspeople convict an obviously innocent man because of his race. Through their neighborhood meanderings and the example of their father, they grow to understand that the world isn't always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems.

Though it was required reading in my high school literature class, I am looking forward to revisiting this book. I hope you all enjoy it, whether you're reading it for the first or fifth time!

PLEASE NOTE: Meetup location is subject to change!!! Our meetings are getting large again, and we are looking for another new venue. Stay tuned!