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* SequelGap: 55 years separates ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' from ''Go Set a Watchman.'' May be slightly subverted in that it's not technically a sequel.
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* SequelGap: 55 years separates ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' from ''Go Set a Watchman.'' May be slightly subverted in that it's not technically a sequel.sequel, but it was popularly promoted as one.
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* SequelGap: 55 years separates ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' from ''Go Set a Watchman.'' May be slightly subverted in that ''Go Set a Watchman'' was most likely the original book from which ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' was derived, meaning that it's not technically a sequel.
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* SequelGap: 55 years separates ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' from ''Go Set a Watchman.'' May be slightly subverted in that ''Go Set a Watchman'' was most likely the original book from which ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' was derived, meaning that it's not technically a sequel.
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* SequelGap: 55 years separates ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' from ''Go Set a Watchman.'' May be slightly subverted in that ''Go Set a Watchman'' was most likely the original book from which ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' was derived, meaning that it's not technically a sequel.
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* ObviousBeta: The manuscript wasn't put through any kind of editing process once Harper Lee's publisher got their hands on it, resulting in several continuity errors with events she portrayed differently in ''Mockingbird'' (most notably, Atticus ''won'' the Tom Robinson case), and some entire paragraphs that she moved to it almost verbatim.
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Seems like a shoehorn, commenting out for now
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* BrokenBase: A very big one, while many fans feel the book ruins the image of Atticus Finch others point out that he is still by and large a good father who is nothing but proud that his daughter would call him out on what she believes is wrong. Others also point out that the overall message of "Hate the sin not the sinner" is very applicable in times when the internet has made it very easy to harass people you disagree with.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: The unusual circumstances of the publication of ''Go Set a Watchman'', with many accusations that the then-elderly and almost blind and deaf Harper Lee had been taken advantage of by her publisher and the executor of her estate, makes it quite easy to disregard its rather controversial aspects. Furthermore, there are discrepancies between the two novels: most notably, Tom Robinson is acquitted in ''Watchman,'' while he's found guilty in ''Mockingbird.''
** Even more justified seeing how this was never meant to be a sequel in the first place. Rather, the version put on shelves is a very early draft of the original despite being [[VeryFalseAdvertising advertised as a sequel]], arguably making this non-canon to begin with.
** Even more justified seeing how this was never meant to be a sequel in the first place. Rather, the version put on shelves is a very early draft of the original despite being [[VeryFalseAdvertising advertised as a sequel]], arguably making this non-canon to begin with.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: The unusual circumstances of the publication of ''Go Set a Watchman'', with many accusations that the then-elderly and almost blind and deaf Harper Lee had been taken advantage of by her publisher and the executor of her estate, makes it quite easy to disregard its rather controversial aspects. Furthermore, there are discrepancies between the two novels: most notably, Tom Robinson is acquitted in ''Watchman,'' while he's found guilty in ''Mockingbird.''
** Even'' This became even more justified seeing how after it was revealed that this was never meant to be a sequel in the first place. Rather, place; rather, the version put on shelves is a very early draft of the original despite being [[VeryFalseAdvertising advertised as a sequel]], arguably making this non-canon to begin with.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Critics and readers agree that this book is inferior to ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. The only reason it might be worth reading is because of flashbacks to some childhood antics of Jem, Dill, and Scout that weren’t included in the final version of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''.
** If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes Literature/ToKillAMockingbird a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed narrative and more sympathetic characters.
** If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes Literature/ToKillAMockingbird a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed narrative and more sympathetic characters.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Critics and readers agree that this book is inferior to ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''. The only reason it might be worth reading is because of flashbacks to some childhood antics of Jem, Dill, and Scout that weren’t weren't included in the final version of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''.
**Mockingbird''. If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes Literature/ToKillAMockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed narrative and more sympathetic characters.
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* ValuesDissonance: A book written in the '50s but not published until 2015 naturally is chock full of it. Even with the reveal that Atticus isn't a raving lunatic wanting to lynch black people in the street, his more subtle brand of racism is still outrageous today, and it's quite hard to accept the book's moral that people who hold such views can still be perfectly nice. Plus, Jack smacks Jean Louise in the face hard enough to make her spit blood, which is presented as perfectly okay since it was to get her to learn that lesson.
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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
** A book written in the '50s but not published until 2015 naturally is chock full of it. Even with the reveal that Atticus isn't a raving lunatic wanting to lynch black people in the street, his more subtle brand of racism is still outrageous today, and it's quite hard to accept the book's moral that people who hold such views can still be perfectly nice. Plus, Jack smacks Jean Louise in the face hard enough to make her spit blood, which is presented as perfectly okay since it was to get her to learn thatlesson.lesson.
** Scout would have been well within her rights to leave Atticus and Maycomb behind forever when it sinks in that Atticus ''is'' an unapologetic racist, and her town was complicit in letting black people suffer under oppression. She's supposed to be in the wrong, to the point that her uncle nearly knocks her out when trying to slap sense into her. That Tom Robinson in this timeline was acquitted is beside the point. It's more accepted in the 2020s for people to leave behind their families when parents are trapped in their racism.
** A book written in the '50s but not published until 2015 naturally is chock full of it. Even with the reveal that Atticus isn't a raving lunatic wanting to lynch black people in the street, his more subtle brand of racism is still outrageous today, and it's quite hard to accept the book's moral that people who hold such views can still be perfectly nice. Plus, Jack smacks Jean Louise in the face hard enough to make her spit blood, which is presented as perfectly okay since it was to get her to learn that
** Scout would have been well within her rights to leave Atticus and Maycomb behind forever when it sinks in that Atticus ''is'' an unapologetic racist, and her town was complicit in letting black people suffer under oppression. She's supposed to be in the wrong, to the point that her uncle nearly knocks her out when trying to slap sense into her. That Tom Robinson in this timeline was acquitted is beside the point. It's more accepted in the 2020s for people to leave behind their families when parents are trapped in their racism.
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* ValuesResonance: In an odd roundabout way. ''Mockingbird'' has racked up some criticism that for all of Atticus' passionate defense of Tom Robinson, he also comes off as dismayingly callous toward the wider systemic racism all around him. ''Watchmen'' features that exact same attitude at the dawn of the civil rights movement in the 1950s, where it comes off as far less acceptable and defensible.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Someone being a flaming racist is no reason to have any personal animosity towards them, and if a woman has to take a couple punches to the mouth to get that through to her, so be it. The 1950s, ladies and gentlemen!
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Characters are "sympathetic", not narratives.
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** If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes Literature/ToKillAMockingbird a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed narrative and more sympathetic narrative.characters.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The book is considerably better-known for the controversial circumstances behind its publication than for its plot. It was advertised as a newly written sequel to ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', despite actually being a rejected early draft that Harper Lee may never have intended to publish (and it may, in fact, have been published without her full knowledge or approval). Once this became widely known, many readers accused the publisher of intentionally misleading the public, and possibly taking advantage of an aging author in her twilight years.
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** If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes ToKillAMockingbird a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed and sympathetic narrative.
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** If this book is instead understood as a first draft of the original, that makes ToKillAMockingbird Literature/ToKillAMockingbird a sort of SurprisinglyImprovedSequel, with a more developed and sympathetic narrative.
