Gladwell on Finch

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓  ·  August 11th, 2009  ·  filed under books, politics

“If Finch were a civil-rights hero, he would be brimming with rage at the unjust verdict. But he isn’t. He’s not Thurgood Marshall looking for racial salvation through the law. He’s Jim Folsom, looking for racial salvation through hearts and minds.”

Malcolm Gladwell writes a lengthy New Yorker essay about To Kill a Mockingbird‘s Atticus Finch, Alabama Governer “Big Jim” Folsom, race, and “the limits of Southern liberalism.”

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He has also written for The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

2 Responses to “Gladwell on Finch”

  1. lemuel Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    There was an insightful reaction at the Millions blog: http://www.themillions.com/2009/08/fillet-of-mockingbird-in-gladwell.html

  2. Isaac Fitzgerald Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Thanks lemuel! I’ll check it out.

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