i believe "to killing a mockingbird" went through three voices. first person, third person, and we get a combination of the two with gene in her 30's filling us in on things the 9-year-old scout couldn't know. >> host: you can see the editing process. it is clear in these iterations of the involve. the first thing turned in was the adult scout looking back. she came back home. it was set in contemporary times. there is a civil rights turmoil going on and she tells the story looking back. it is a very southern way of getting into the story. she takes the train home. she is back home in the south again. and she remanences with her father who is elderly now about the by gone days. >> host: "go set a watchman" comes from a scene in "to killing a mockingbird" which is a seen of atticus outside of the court house. >> guest: right. >> host: the editing process was extensive and took more than a year? >> guest: more than two. >> host: what emerged was the story everybody knows. it has the nice trick of nash being about the korean war but talking about the

and her agent sensor a note one year after "to kill a mockingbird" in all capitals to say the mockingbird would like to have a little brother or sister. is anxiously waiting. also it was available. >> but the tone of the notes is how was it going? >> you would think the etf she was struggling and she clearly was, let's see but we to do with that first one that you turned in and maybe spruce it up a little bit but there is nothing out there. have you ever heard of any evidence they worked on the manuscript after "to kill a mockingbird"? >> no. there is nothing free-floating of their called the long goodbye but it could be a working title and i don't know what that is but i do know there was no large manuscript called "go set a watchman" and "to kill a mockingbird" so beyond that there seems to be nothing but there was a an attempt in cold blood non-fiction book in the '80s she squirreled herself away at her sister's house and she worked with data'' -- a tory is case in alabama with those who was a beneficiary of ben insurance policy. his attorney kept getting him off and they finally got f

she had a difficult time after mockingbird came out she wanted to publish another book. she worked very hard. >> there was one of the most successful books in the american half-century at that point and it sort of dogs on nobody to go publish it. year after year the publication to kill a mockingbird in all caps and this is they would like to have a brother or sister. anxiously awaiting your friend. the little brother and sister was available. particularly now struggling. we see what the sequel to that and maybe just spruce it up a little bit. there is nothing out there if you ever hear of any evidence that they worked on in that manuscript. there's nothing free floating out there called the long goodbye but that could just be working titles. but all all he knows there is a large manuscript called the watchmen. it was kind of an inculcated in the 1980s and she schooled herself away and her sister louise and worked in the inventory is case for the reverend who was the beneficiary from the insurance policies and the people turned up dead. the attorney kept getting more and

you should get credit for how significant to kill a mockingbird came.s a book we all pick up in elementary or middle school. it's one of the most important pieces of literature in america that at least gives an immigrant an insight to what this country is about. how are readers likely to receive what they think of as real reshaping of one of the biggest characters in american literature. >> it's going to be really interesting. a lot of people are going to be extremely shocked and upset first of all because of their is a symbol, an icon, moral connions of the unitedconscious of the united states. you have a more complex and complicated major of this character now. >> even the reader you point out there's a quote in there from scout, the older scout never believe a word you say to me again i despise you and everything you stand for. >> it's interesting isn't it because scout has the same reaction to the discovery she makes about her father that the reader is going to have. she's let down and just as disappointed. and the book is about well can she empathi

remember that in to kale"to kill a mockingbird" mockingbird".eone you have to walk around in his shoes. let's read the book with the critical hats on and think why would anyone have supported that in 20th century america. why do some people support it today? this is not a saint we're dealing with. this is a southern man, a lawyer an intelligent man who believes he's right. >> do you have a sense of why only now this book is being released? >> i think it's being released because alice passed away in november, and i think we have a case of a woman, an authority who has directed her attorney bring that book out. so let's make -- let's get as much -- >> why now? she's had since 1960 to do this. obviously she didn't want it to happen. why wouldn't it have happened soonerfive pivotal in the understanding of mockingbird. >> her elder sister believed this book was not as good as "to kill a mockingbird" and that atticus was a hero in "to kill a mockingbird." why focus on his shortcomings. realize that atticus is largely based on their father ac lee. and

a celebration of 50 years "to kill a mockingbird." nancy pearl is the author of "book crush" for kids and teens, recommended reading for every mood, moment and interest. and book lust recommended reading for every mood, moment and reason. and more book lust, 1,000 new reading recommendations for every mood moment and reason. all published by sasquatch books. ms. pearl will be signing her books tomorrow at 2 p.m. at publishers group west, number a 2740. in 2004 ms. pearl was awarded the women eat national book association -- women's national book association award given to a living american woman who has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation.li in 1998 library journal named her fiction reviewer of the year. ms. mcdonagh murphy will be signing in the harpercollins booth51 2513 at 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. following today's1: program. now, please extend a warm welcome for nancy pearl and mary mcdonagh murphy. [applause] lause] [applause] >> it is so nice of you to come

you get to see the colonels of "to kill a mockingbird."herself is called the parent of "to kill a mockingbird." is it the perfection that's "to kill a mockingbird"? no. it's an unedited manuscript. everybody needs an editor and this one surely does too. >> i need both of you to help me heal here. do we now take this as a singular linear account of the life of atticus finch, that he went from perfect father and hero and fair object of dignity to a racist by the time he grew up or are these two separate books about two separate people in two separate realities? charles, you first. >> you've got it reversed. "go set a watchman" was written in the late 1950s and went through the hands of a very experienced liberal editor in new york. it was reworked and atticus bodies forth as a hero and a very strong protagonist whose moral centeredness makes him a collosas in that book. >> last word? >> mr. shields is right. that kind of white southern man absolutely was the normal in the mid-'50s in alabama. and, remember this is a state that wanted to clos

i remember when i first read to kill a mockingbird, kill a mockingbird, i was in ninth grade at madison west high school in madison wisconsin. it was a a snowy day but i felt transported sitting in our overheated library. there was an element of that in writing the book that was frustrating. one of the things that was appealing to me about journalism was a chance to be out and about traveling and meeting people. it was frustrating when i had to spend large chunks of time in bed and alone. i have wonderfully supportive friends and my mom carla, who is here traveling with me and makes all the difference as usual. i had had good company in that sense. i still had catherine tucker windham believe me, in the room with me on those tapes. it was still a chance where it was frustrating to be at home so much, to travel highway of written and word reading it and writing it. i was reliving a lot of experiences i had and quite often as i wrote of the lead helper when i was living next door, i kind of felt i was resurfacing resurfacing sometimes in the bedroom at the end of the day after spending ti

an early taste of what was the first draft of "to kill a mockingbird." wrote while living right here on this very stretch of road on new york's upper east side in the 1950s. for almost six decades "go set a watchman" was le that there were two reasons. one was she wouldn't want to go through all that publicity again for all the money in the world. and two, she said what she had to say in "to kill amockingbird "and wouldn't sata again. >> reporter: it became a 1962 hollywood hit. >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> reporter: now generations of readers are faced with a new side to their favorite characters. early reviews reveal adicus with racist leane ististingse istist leanings. >> statement at the same time team have their own thoughts. >> reporter: plus curiosity is making this the most pre-ordered book ever. it's at the top of the amazon best seller list and boxes are kept under extra security at this barnes & noble. they expect it to be the number one seller of 2015. harper is now living in an

it was written before "to kill a mockingbird". it's described as a first draft, even though it's set later. teachers will have to use "go setter watchman" to talk about the responses, brown versus the board of education is in the novel, the current time of the novel is some time after 1954. we think it can be useful in terms of discussions about how people who are good can have very distorted, bad ideas about race. it's not anywhere near the masterpiece this "to kill a mockingbird" is. it's a messy novel. in terms of literary value, it's a hard novel to teach. it's not that well written. i think in terms of the vision of race and arguments about race, that it gives us - in america, in the 1950s, it's a useful novel. >> just there you have given us a little critique. expand on that. you read the book. what do you think? >> i think that it's all over the place. i think that there's a lot of telling in this book rather than showing and dramatisation. i think that it reads like a messy draft of something. i mean again, the official wo

before to kill a mockingbird. go set a watchman takes place 20 years after the events of mockingbird if you can keep up with that. >> finch himself atticus finch would be 72 years old scout is an adult living in new york city. >> yes. >> she comes back to visit her dad. >> last week new novel gained attention before its release when it was revealed that the character atticus finch who appears in both books is a racist. when scout comes back she find out he is a racist. >> he has join the ku klux klan for goodness sake. >> even though into kill a mockingbird he defend a black man on a trial. >> yesterday watchman was number one on amazon.com and mockingbird was number 2a lot of people are talking bit. a lot of people are trying to find out how does this happen. >> yet a lot of folks are disappointed. it is a decent read but not as good as literary work as mcing bird. >> well, she wrote it before mockingbird, maybe that was her warm up. >> practicing. >> yeah. >> it is a odd turn off events it is weird that she wrot

i don't think it can take anything away from "mockingbird." harry potter goes to wok for. that luke skywalker goes to work for the empire. it just stands the book on its -- and its for ral smoral center on its head. it says what scallop interpreted in the 1930s when that book was sket, as father's heroic defense of injustice and racism was just a little qualification. all he did -- he didn't support mob violence but he's very happy in this book to reveal to -- they should be in the balcony and not down on the floor with the white folks. >> more people have had a chance to read it this debate is going to go on for many more days if not weeks. thank you very much for that insight. >>> up next, the lapd is searching for the driver caught on camera driving backwards through busy streets and narrowly missing oncoming traffic. it's one of the stories we're updating around the "newsnation." when you travel, we help you make all kinds of connections. connections you almost miss. and ones you never thought you'd make. we help connect where you are. to

it's not anywhere near the masterpiece "to kill a mockingbird" is. in terms of literary value i think it's a hard novel to reach, it is not that well written. but the vision of race and the arguments about race that it gives us in america in the 1950s it's a useful novel. >> all right maureen corrigan with npr's fresh air, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> a gift to syrian refugees from malala yousafzai who turned 18 today. malala became a symbol of defiance in 2012 after she was shot on a school bus in pakistan. last year she became the youngest recipient of the nobel peace prize ever. she called on people to change their strategies. >> today, on behalf of world children i demand our leaders we must invest in books, instead of bullets. books, not bullets. they pave the path to our peace and prosperity. >> millions of syrian refugees are denied an education every year. u.n. member countries pledging more than $3 billion to help west africa recover from that deadly ebola outgreat, thousands died and a fragile health care system was exposed. be kri

. >> that's really one of the famous lines that everyone remembers from "to kill a mockingbird." for atticus finch fans and fans of "to kill a mockingbird" that's the atticus finch they have known and loved for half a century. now harper lee's new book "go set a watchman" could challenge readers to reassess and rethink this great protagonist. maureen corgan is the brook critic for npr's "fresh air." maureen, thank you for coming in. you're one of the few people who have had a chance to read the whole thing and you describe the novel as messy. what does that mean? >> it is messy. i mean, if we take the other gin story of this novel at face value, it's a first draft to kill a mockingbird and it's sort of all over the place. there are a lot of dead patches in this novel but, of course, it's morally messy, too. because atticus in this novel which takes place in the mid-1950s is spouting views about race that none of us could have ever anticipated. >> so what do we do with this? she's shattered, she says "atticus is a racist, what do we do now?" i said "this is an alternate series whe

and she had said what she had to say in "to kill a mockingbird." >> "to kill a mockingbird" became a2 hollywood hit. >> you never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> reporter: now generations have faced to a new side to their favorite characters. one reviewer calls it the toppling of idols. >> people have such deep feeling for those characters and are anxious to know what has become of them 20 or so years later and at the same time people have their ideas of what should have happened to those characters. >> reporter: but this is the publishing event of the year. is it at the top of the amazon best seller list and boxes are being kept under extra security at this barnes & noble in new york. they expect it to be the number one seller of 2015. harper lee, now 89 is living in an assisted care facility after a stroke. but a new chapter in his literary career is just beginning. >> not all the hype is flattering. harper lee's "watchman" is a mess that makes us reconsider a masterpiece. >> another says a troubling confusion of a novel platically and artis

could this joined the curriculum -- toto kill mockingbird kill it mockingbird?"an interesting question. everyone adores it because it is a coming-of-age story of a little girl who sees racism and says, this is not right. however, not to be a spoiler alert, if folks do not want to hear this, do not listen. basically, the protagonist becomes a big it in the sequel. -- a big it in the sequel. he is seen at a ku klux klan meeting for example. this is not the attic is finished want to a number. finch i wantus to remember. some are saying this is an art that i want to remember. brendan: this is an issue because this is what he often wanted and there's so much money at stake. some the author said burn all the rest of it. i have published what i wanted to and that has got to be a. ramy: initially, harper lee said she did not want to publish any other book besides "to kill a mockingbird." she does not need any more money. let me run you through some numbers. $5,000 -- $9,000 a day is what she gets from "to kill a mockingbird." she is 89 years old. this has been going for

>> she published to kill a mockingbird in 1960 and never published again. and years, she said that she did not want to do it and stopped giving interviews in 1964. now she is 89 years old and in a nursing home, she had a stroke verys largely deaf and has bad eyesight. her manuscript for this book that she wrote before to kill a mockingbird that featured a lot of the same characters was found by her lawyer and she decided to have it published. when you say that she decided to have it published, it not inlike harper lee is a state to make decisions like that, especially since her entire healthy life, she did not want it published. how can we say now that she is releasing this book as a 90-year-old woman who is not and control? claire: they are about to make $40 million, her lawyer says that she is fine, her friends say she is fine and a number of people who have known her for alabama sayile, that over the past few years, her short-term memory has gone and she is not the same and they are very concerned. when i went down there to find out what happened, i hear

mock "to kill a mockingbird" sold more than 40 million copies.many question whether the writer now 89 and nearly blind and deaf actually wanted to publish the new book. it was a long-lost rough draft. the film harper lee, from mockingbird to watchman documents her disappearance from the world. this is the last interview she gave in 1964. >> i never expected that the book would sell in the first place. i was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers. but i was hoping that maybe somebody might like it well enough to give me some encouragement about it. >> this week the film's director mary murphy actually last week travelled to lee's home town of monroeville, alabama, for a rare meeting with the author to ask her about her intentions. she joins me on the set in new york. you're putting the finishing touches on your film. >> it's a coda to my film. >> tell us what happened. >> i was eninvited by her attorney with her permission to record an event in monroeville, alabama, on june 30th. this was the day that harper lee's publ

instead, a reading of lee's classic "to kill a mockingbird." but the early reports have lee lovers concerned. >> it's kind of like you lied to us. >> i think it will change how i think about atticus finch. >> reporter: harper lee's new novel, set in the same town with the same characters, was actually written three years before "to kill a mockingbird." and in the new book atticus finch, the courageous defender of equality-s portrayed as a bigot. harper lee documentarian mary murphy is one of the few who has read it. people are reading about the new book, and they're saying, well, if he's a bigot in this new book, i'm not going to read it. >> oh, but scout is the hero of this book. as scout would say, you have another thing coming if you think that's all there is to this novel. >> reporter: harper lee is 89 and said in the statement the new book is the parent of "to kill a mockingbird," a book that for many reads like scripture. thousands of people come to monroeville, alabama every year to get as close to the story as possible. the old courthou

not try to judge it based on "to kill a mockingbird."was before that and this one hasn't been revised to the standard that "to kill a mockingbird" was. i think we have to judge it as its own individual book and not try to put too much judgment on it. >> good advice. spencer, thank you for joining me. i >>> still to come in the "newsroom," harry potter author j.k. rowling hits back hard against a twitter user for body shaming serena williams. the balance over body image among professional athletes with olympian amanda bingston. ♪ the staff at this beautiful resort . . . will stay with you forever. ♪ especially if you don't leave. ♪ you got it booking right. booking.com booking.yeah the keys to this home belong to mark and alissa anderson. they bought the place four months ago on what was arguably the scariest day of their lives. neither has any idea what the future holds for them. but they bought into a 30-year mortgage anyway. that was bold. they must really believe in themselves. buy in. quickenloans/home buy. refi. power. >>> checking

i know experiencing that disillusionment of my own father over the years, so reading mockingbird andet the watchman" made that personal experience vivid for me all over again. but i saw, also, in it because she was writing the book in the aftermath of the brown decision, aa lot of conversation about the courts making the brown decision and the south feeling dominated yet again, being told what to do. the issue of states rights the way we're talking about the issue of the confederate flag because, of course, in states like georgia and south carolina, the flag was raised or incorporated into the state flag in order to protest the brown decision, and the courts and the federal government's enforcement of the new law. >> brown: and wayne flint what about there in alabama, how are the residents thinking today? >> i think there are vestiges of racism. there are difference between those who voted for barack obama and those who voted for his opponent. alabama had the sharpest racial divide of any state in the union so i think the vees vestiges are still there. we process this through family

to kill a mockingbird has had 55 of watchman, but it will be interesting to see 50 years from now how that goes. matt: it will be interesting to see what people think of the book. >> just as this book is coming out over the course of the day the narrative from rebel from something where it is actually a two in kill a mockingbird to something that is not a prequel, but something that is a father narrative that says this is the basis of this and then harper lee said i'm going to use this and i'm going to take part in it on i'm going to make to kill a mockingbird. matt: you have been to my interest. it for me on bloomberg market day. we will comine back with twitter. ♪ alix: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. let's get straight to a look at the top headlines this afternoon. u.s. businesses added to their stockpiles in may while sales third straight month. this may indicate that businesses are optimistic about future sales. ceo magazine says the best state in the union to do business in texas. the states gdp is growing faster than the rest of the country and its unemployment rate i

this is being published at this time. >> her editor said to rewrite it and that's how "to kill a mockingbird" was created david. >> thank you. started out in the 1980s as a nintendo programmer. responsible for the company's rebirth as well as the launch of the wii. sitaro was only 55. he died on saturday. we will see you live for special coverage at 6:00 eastern coverage of scott walker's announcement. be. >> thj. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello, i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour live from london. coming up. no grexit. alexis tsipras comes back from brussels with a tough package to pass. deal on iran's nuclear program is looking unlikely before tuesday. >>> forced from their

instead, a reading of lee's classic "to kill a mockingbird." >> it's kind of like you lied to us. >> i think it will change how i think about atticus finch. >> reporter: this book was written three years before "to kill a mockingbird." he's portrayed as a bigot. mary murphy is one of the few who has read it. >> people are reading about the new book and saying if he's a bigot in this new book i'm not going to read it. >> yeah but scout is the hero of this book. >> you have another thing coming if you think that's all there is to this novel. >> harper lee is 89 and said the new book is the parent of to kill a mockingbird, a book that for many reads like scripture. >> thousands of people come to monroeville, alabama every year to get as close to the story as possible. the old courthouse is still standing and harper lee lives not far away from a nursing home. >> at monroeville's old curiosities book shop. >> you need one copy? >> one copy. >> there's been a steady stream of people placing orders and calls come in from all over the country. this book store owner says she's not surprised.

lee wrote the book before mockingbird. which means if the author ever wanted this published. but harper collins wanted the book published without editorial intervention. despite the controversy, the book already a hit. >> this is the literary event of the decade if not more, we had absolutely no reason to expect this will ever come. smashing presale records at libraries and stores and amazon, ruiz witherspoon leblgd her voice to the -- lending her voice to the book. >> at at us finch is revealed as a racist in the new book, hero no more. the hero who taught every man is equal is teaching us a new lesson, no man is perfect. >> in other news, a drone got in the way of a fire crews battling a wildfire. authorities say they were for the purposessed to ground five helicopters and several air tankers after a recreational drone flew too close to the fire. the fire is only 10% contained and four homes in the area were evacuated. >> still ahead on "action news" at noon, from 50 cent to $50 million in debt. new at 12:30 legal action from a big name rapper took in court today. >> meanwh

it's major industry is to kill a mockingbird. the cafÉs, boo radley's restaurant. provided a boost for a town that doesn't have the agricultural or industrial anchors that many alabama towns have. let me say this about that part of the black belt. many many black and white families there of the same name. two communities that, while divided by segregation, new one another in the most intimate way, not just in terms of procreation, but in terms of daily life. at that time there was a type of person in that black belt culture let's say cam that the next town over. there was a minister there named kennedy that discovered the african-american population started writing about it in the 1930's. my friend at the university of alabama in birmingham is doing a story about him. he ran into the same problem in the 1960's that atticus finch did. he was much further down the road toward being an integrationist than atticus finch was but he had that same sense of fairness, and the same sense we are doing evil to these people who have done us no harm and have been at our side for

it costs the character in a different right. >> since its release harper lee's novel "to kill a mockingbird" sold more than 40 million copies. it's a class ebbing. treasured -- classic, treasured by generations of americans a story resonating at the time. of still right movements. the theme was roicial tolerance as taught by her father. >> you never know a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> the 80-year-old said it was the some book that they would ever right. there, across the u.s. book stores are swamps for "go setter watchman." a squel written before. 20 years later, from the view point of the same daughter now a woman. 2 mitt advanced copies have been printed. >> this is it brufl writing. this pass lee's first righting attempt, a work making her a legend. a dark they are who defends a black man is an icon of virtue until now. >> reporter: according to reviews, the hero of "to kill a mockingbird" is seen in a different white, as a defendeder of white supremacy, resisting black and white children going to school together. >> that revelation may disappoint many not

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that is " "go set a watchman" from harper lee. 20 years after "to kill a mockingbird." this book was written first but forgotten. it has become a hit. the popularity of "to kill a mockingbird" sending it to the top of the bestseller list. >> the wait is over for these book lovers in harper lee's hometown of monrovia alabama. at midnight, the copy of her second novel "go set a watchman" went on sale in cities around the world. >> when you have waited 55 years for another novel to come out how can you not be there from the very beginning? >> widely considered to be a literary masterpiece lee's first and only other book "to kill a mockingbird" has remained a favorite. guaranteeing the commercial success of its follow-up. >> as preorders go, it is our highest pre-ordered book since 2009. the preorders are very high at barnes & noble and we believe the book is going to be number one today. it is going to have high sales and it's initially. we think the book will have staying power. >> the decision to publish the book had been controversial. many questioning whether the 89-ye

to compare to the classic to kill a mockingbird. >> it reads like a messy draft of something. again, the official word is that this was a first draft of to kill a mockingbird but it reads much more like a failed seek quell to "to kill a macing bird." it can be useful in terms of discussion about how people who are essentially good can have very distorted very bad ideas about race. atticus spouts a lot of theories that sound straight out of a you jenics test book. scout discovers that he's been reading a book called the black playing and accuses him of being no better than hitler. it's the extremity of his views about race that are really disturbing in this book. >> "go set a washman" has set a record on amazon, the most preordered book of all time. >> there is a new men's wimbledon champion this morning. djokovic defeated in the world's number one against the world number two. >> coming up from doha, more reaction to the bailout agreement for greece. that's it for us here in new york. thanks for watching. you can always keep up on aljazeera.com. >> [crowd chanting] hell no gmo

in the new book which takes place 20 years after harper lee's american classic "to kill a mockingbirdded a ku klux klan meeting and questions the benefits of desegregation. >> there's a lot of ugly things in this world. >> reporter: lee actually wrote "watchman" before "mockingbird" which has led to questions about whether the 89-year-old author, who hasn't spoken publicly about her acclaimed novel ever wanted this one published. but harper collins says lee requested the book be prkd as written with no intervention. this exclusive photo of lee receiving the first public copy of "watchman." despite the controversy, the book already a hit. >> this is the literary event of the decade, if not more. we had no reason to expect this was ever coming. >> reporter: smashing presale records at libraries and stores, including online retailer amazon. academy award-winning actress reese witherspoon lending her voice to the audio book. >> it's awful hot up here. >> reporter: fans of her first book are already sounding off on social media, tweeting any book where atticus finch is a bad guy is not a b

h ♪ mockingbird" goes on sale tomorrow. it's called "go set a watchman."n before "mockingbird," but author harper lee never released it until now. >> yeah readers may be disappointed though by the characterization of "mockingbird's" hero. atticus finch is very different in this book. abc's dan harris with the story. >> reporter: millions of readers eagerly devouring a sneak peek the early release of a chapter from "go set a watchman," the long-awaited sequel to the american classic "to kill a mockingbird." >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> reporter: author harper lee offering a new point of view on the cherished characters from her 1960 novel. but the new take on this literary classic offering some really surprising twists. >> you're going to hear some ugly talk about this. >> reporter: the sequel opens with scout, the fiery, youngest member of the finch family making her annual trip home from new york to make yum junction now fully grown and grappling with love. and big brother jeb has been writte

it's a fictional hero in "to kill a mockingbird."k the new book you know puts a topic on the table that we forever be discussing. discussing it in good faith, with good heart and good mind. >> having read it i don't think it destroys atticus finch, i think it deepens him. >> heroes are complicated. >> and this is a fictional one, too. >> in the process of "to kill a mockingbird." i'm in the middle of reading it. i was surprised to see this reaction on social media. my reaction this would be like if harry potter a different book hermines hanging out with the debt eaters. this is more representative of the time. >> absolutely. the movie was even more part of our culture than the book. >> that's right. >> and the movie, gregory peck is fabulous first of all, he's atticus finch as a no-complicated hero. >>> up next thanks for coming to movie night. yeah, of course, so fun. so fun, right. yeah. i'm gonna go check. ok. well? we're all the way up to 4%. that's great! yeah. i could do this all night. i'm just gonna go check again. ok. leave

it was written before "to kill a mockingbird." the biggest surprise in this new book is radically different version of the hero atticus finch. famously portrayed by gregory peck in the movie as a lawyer crusading with racial justice. this morning, millions of readers eagerly devouring a sneak peek, the early release of a chapter from "go set a watchman." the long-awaited sequel to the american classic "to kill a mockingbird." author harper lee offering a new point of view on the cherished characters from her 1960 novel. but the new take on this literary classic offering some really surprising twists. j. >> you're going to hear some ugly talk about this. >> the sequel opens with the scout making her annual trip home from new york to macon junction, now fully grown and grappling with love and big brother has been written out of "watchman." lee shocking readers saying, he dropped dead in his tracks one day. but the biggest shock has to do with dedicated father and champion of equal rights atticus finch, depicted as a proponent of seg

the new novel "go set a watchman" is a see qet to -- is a sequel to" to kill a mockingbird." the dad/lawyer is now kind of racist and everyone is kind of upset. now there was an article at huffington post that said dear white people, we are all atticus finch. great. just when i got used to being sparticus. we just took down the confederate flag and voted for barack obama. the article should have been written american liberals. we are all scout finch. yes, scout. she grew up to be, of course, harper lee who shows her disillusion meant with a man. the publisher even says at its heart it is a coming of age story of a young woman who struggles to reconcile her father with her more enlightened views. this is the path to american liberalism. or their father figure or the founding fathers. they want to replace one ideal with another. government. liberals are not bad people. they are good people who stayed too long under the warm sun lamp of idealism. they were burned. instead of blaming themselves they blamed the bulb. >> joe -- >> that was quite a monologue. >> i came up with the a

atticus finch, the shining symbol of social justice in the american classic "to kill a mockingbird," may have a dark secret that's about to be revealed in a much-anticipated new book. and as abc's john donvan reports, it is sending shockwaves across the literary world tonight. >> reporter: this is the atticus finch we know and love. epitomized by gregory peck in the movie by the same name. the father fighting for truth and fairness. the atticus in lee's new novel, "go set a watchman" as shown in "the new york times," sounds like a racist, in touch with the ku klux klan. >> it would be a lot different. i might not be able to finish the book. >> reporter: for a fictional character, the response now feels awfully real. as in this, from twitter. "it's like finding out santa claus beats his reindeer." harper lee waited 55 years to publish her second novel, one that appears to have been an early draft of "mockingbird." the new book comes out on tuesday. mary mcdonna murphy, who made a documentary called "mockingbird" has her own theories about the story told in that until now unseen versio

harper lee wrote another book three years before mockingbird called "go set a watchman."quel withheld. protagonist atticus finch you're calling him a bigot. howell raines is former executive editor for the "new york times" and won a pulitzer prize about a book he wrote about the south and i'm pleased to have him at the table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: the following quote was made, how can the saintly atticus described earlier in the book in much of the same terms as mockingbird suddenly emerge as a bigot? you know this. you know literature, you know the south, and you've read part of the book. >> i have to say, not to debate my former colleague and good friend, but i think people who think this book shouldn't have been published and that it's a betrayal by harper lee of her heroic character atticus finch have really got it all wrong. >> rose: how so? because of the nature of the book and because of the sociology and history of the south and because of the literary significance of this day of publication for literary scholarship, and let me walk through those briefly

apparently she was told by a publisher, rework mockingbird. 9 first one and then the mockingbird afterrent new book. >> there you go. it all worked and going to result in sales. >> okay. hear it here first folks, it's going to be a runaway best seller. >> of course it is. already is. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85 this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affordable life insurance that's simple to get. coverage options for just $9.95 a month less than 35 cents a day. act now and your rate will be locked in for life. it will never increase. your coverage can never be cancelled as long as you pay your premiums, and your acceptance is

lee's watchman is the hero of "to kill a mockingbird," but spoiler alert, he's a hero no more.e's michelle miller. >> reporter: as book sellers prepare for the midnight release of "go set a watchman," fans of harper lee's first work, "to kill a mockingbird," are shocked. >> i don't want to read the book. >> reporter: on twitter, they're saying, "i just can't deal with the idea of a racist atticus finch." the atticus finch we know is now a very different man. >> is there any other way to go? >> reporter: played by gregory peck in the movie, finch defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. >> what happened to you on the evening of august 21st of last year? >> reporter: atticus finch is considered one of the greatest literary heroes in history, but now in "watchman," a bombshell revealed by his daughter, a grown-up scout, 20 years later, atticus finch is a segregationist with ties to the ku klux klan. >> atticus broke scout's hart. he's breaking all our hearts. the story of diane mcwhorten understands the disappointment but she wants you to understand lee an alabama native wrote

reading this new novel should have no effect on how you view 'mockingbird.'"david uffer lamented: "are there to be no heroes left standing in this crazed tormented world!?" kathi duginski wanted no part of the new book: "if that is true, i won't read it. i love the atticus finch i have known since i was a child." and john hergt took a more cynical approach: "it's simply an inferior earlier effort that was scrapped and now resurrected for money." as always, we welcome your comments. visit us at www.pbs.org/newshour, on our facebook page, or tweet us at newshour. finally tonight a new study published in the journal nature climate change finds global warming is changing the jet stream over the pacific ocean adding a minute per round trip to airline fly times. researchers say that extra minute applies to every commercial u.s. flight could cost 300,000 hours of flight time and a billion gallons of jet fuel per year. that's all for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan see you back here today. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.

"to kill a mockingbird" may be the quintessential american novel. >> who gets to say they wrote -- notr time, one of the great successful books of our time, who gets to say they changed the world? >> harper lee. >> harper lee does. >> reporter: but there was never a follow-up until now. "go set a watchman" an old harper lehman knew script found in a safe deposit box will go on sale at midnight on monday. >> what has it been like in alabama? >> you know, it's the cradle of the first book. and now we want to look at this new child, you know see if it's ugly or not, see if it's got his mama's eyes you know. >> what is it about the south that grows up folks who know how to use words so well? >> the smart people say that it's the conflict, that you know that we've lived within that we've grown up within. people like to say it's you know that front porch. tell a story with flavor with imagery, with detail. tell a story that you can hang on the air and our air is thick enough where it will stick. but tell a story that you can hang on the air. >> and harry smith joins me now. harry, thanks so

it's a fictional hero in "to kill a mockingbird." but nonetheless, it's a hero destroyed.new book, you know, puts a topic on the table that we forever be discussing. and working on but we need to be discussing it in good faith, with good heart and good mind. >> having read it, i don't think it destroys atticus finch, i think it deepens him. and makes you see a full man. >> heroes are complicated. >> and this is a fictional one, too. >> in the process of "to kill a mockingbird." for the very first time -- >> how you did miss in school? >> we had a choice of different books and i picked fahrenheit 451 instead. i'm in the middle of reading it. i was surprised to see this reaction on social media. my reaction, this would be like if harry potter, a different book, hermines hanging out with the death eaters. but hearing your perspective is interesting. this is more representative of the time. >> absolutely. the movie was even more part of our culture than the book. >> that's right. >> and the movie, gregory peck is fabulous, first of all, he's atticus finch as a complete, no com

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