Zainab Javed

I am a graduate from Institute of Business Management in the field of computer Science. Currently working at Hashlob as a graphic art designer.

My hobbies include painting, calligraphy & reading. Around 3 years ago, I read a book "To Kill a Mocking Bird". The book had a tremendous impression on me. I later got the opportunity to watch the movie too.

I often reflect on what makes this book so deeply fascinating for me. I think it is about the experience of a child's growing sense of reality and complexities of life. Harper E Lee while writing this book is capturing the ethos of her time of growing up, grappling with a growing sense of realization about the meaning of her associations with her home, neighbors, street, trees, friends, schools, parents and others that constituted her Eco-system and was made vivid with her experiences. The book is phenomenal in engaging its readers. It rooting their existence in that time and place of Alabama, and then helping them gain strength, energy and sustenance for their later life experiences. In this book, I could visualize my adventurous summer holidays in Sadiqabad, my playing around trees, and playing the roles of strange and mythical characters.I could see my friends exploring the mysteries that seem to be around our neighborhood. I could feel the warmth and strength of my association with my father and mother. I could sense myself immersed in strange experiences in school expeditions. I could associate with my growing awareness with some mysterious personalities in my childhood. The book had a tremendous personal appeal as a story of a child growing up and slowly realizing the growth of awareness about the erstwhile mysteries.

To me all my readings are autobiographical. I find myself associating with the characters that I read. I imagine myself in all sorts of roles and situations. I visualize what my responses and feelings would be in similar settings. This has enriched my insights and expanded my experience because it also includes all that I read and see.

Thank you, Harper Lee and thank you Gregory Peck for this experience.