When I finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I thought that I had never really had an experience like what Scout had. Except, I never really had a Christmas that could've turned into that anyways. I guess I never really had any real experience like that is because I'm the baby in my family, so I'm the youngest. I usually get treated a bit better at times, or get teased by my older siblings, but in the end everything worked out and nothing bad ever happened.
The book To Kill a Mockingbird has taught me that there are hardships in life that some of us never learn as a child. I am one of those fortunate children that never had to put up with the problems of life, until I was close to becoming a teenager of course. But as well my life hasn't been the best, my family doesn't have a lot of money, so we have to think about financial issues. So to compromise with the financial issues, we have to cut back.
The thing we cut back on already has been some of the holidays, for example, Christmas. I haven't been having Christmas for years now, no gifts, no meetings, but sometimes we save up enough money. The book really cleared up my questions about how fortunate I was, to have a nice family that doesn't have many quarrels. But at the same time, in order to keep these things under control, money can be spent in place, so that makes the budget tighter. So this book has taught me that sometimes one has to trade one thing in exchange for another, like giving up holidays for a family that won't fight every week or so.
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