To Kill A Mockingbird Essays
âItâs a sin to kill a Mockingbirdâ (Lee 103). A mockingbird is a joyful bird, and an innocent bird. A bird who does not harm anybody and that just sings. In the book âTo Kill a Mockingbirdâ by Harper Lee, their lives Scout a girl from Maycomb, Alabama where segregation is going very hard. Their lives 3 characters who represents innocence like a mockingbird, Those characters are Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Scout Jean Louise Finch.
Boo Radley is a great example of a mockingbird. He is an innocent man, the only thing was that he was somewhere at the wrong moment. The author states âWhen the younger Radley boy was in his teens he become acquainted with some of the Cunninghams from Old Sarum, an enormous and confusing tribe domiciled in the northern part of the county, and they formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycombâ (Lee 10). This shows how he was just around the wrong crowd and got in trouble because he was there with them. People from Maycomb had a wrong conception of him in general. They thought he was a bad kid, but in reality, people didnât know him at all. â Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadnât done any of those things⊠Atticus, he was real niceâŠâ (Lee 323). Later on Atticus tells scout âMost people are, Scout, when you finally see themâ (Lee 323). This could be representing boo Radley no one ever saw Boo just judged him by one action he did.
Tom Robinson is another great example. Same thing happens with Tom and Boo Radley They judged them wrong. Tom was accused by Bob Ewell for supposedly raping his daughter. âTom, did you rape Mayella Ewell?â (Lee 221). There is many evidence he didnât rape Mayella Ewell, but Tom is a black man living in the 1930âs where segregation was strong and white People hated the black and did not believe a word the black said and considered them thiefs and dirty. Tom is an innocent black man who was at the wrong moment. Tom just went in to help Mayella because he felt bad for her which is not common for a black person to do. In other words she raped him and he tried his best to escape but Mr. Ewell came in when they were kissing and he got pissed off. He started to beat Mayella and blamed Tom Robinson got the crime, but there’s no way Tom could have beaten Mayella because when Tom was a kid his left hand was caught on a machine and crushed it. The author states how really innocent Tom really is âNo suh, scared Iâd hafta face up to what I didnât doâ ( Lee 225). This shows how bad the segregation really is and how it could affect an innocent man like Tom.
Scout is just a little girl which shoes a great example of innocence, she is just 6 when the novel starts and 8 when it ends. She goes through so much and learns about how the world really is. She didnât really comprehended what was really happening when Tom was accused. In the text it says âI had a question for Atticus, âWhatâs rape?ââ (Lee 153) . This shows how she really didnât know what was going on. Another example is when Dill tells Scout âScout, lets get us a babyâ âwhere?ââ (Lee 162). This shows how pure and innocent kids are. Scout doesnât know how babies are born because sheâs like 7. She doesnât know a lot about the world because sheâs just an innocent kid whoâs just learning.
In conclusion âTo kill a Mockingbirdâ really does symbolize a Mockingbird into innocence and it really is a sin to kill a mockingbird. That is because you wonât kill an innocent person. Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Scout all shows something that others donât which is tolerance because Boo had to tolerate other people say bad things about him. Tom had to also tolerate people judge him for a crime he did not commit. Scout likewise had to do the same when people were calling her dad names for defending Tom. This really shows how it used to be back then, but the same thing is today. Even though we donât show it we need to be a mockingbird when a certain situation comes out.
It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds donât harm anyone because all they do is âsing their hearts out for usâ just like Miss Maudie said in Chapter 10 and two characters that can resemble this is Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Although a mockingbird is an animal two very important characters […]
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“… As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it – whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes […]
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Boo Raddled and the Children BY Attainableness In many efficacious and popular novels, most authors will introduce an intriguing or mysterious character that most likely symbolizes a specific aspect in the story line of the book. For instance, in the book To kill a Mockingbird, there is a very strong […]
Throughout the novel, the children experience significant events and relationships, allowing them to grow and mature. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee explores adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South in the thirties. The characters Gem, Scout, and Boo display notable growth. Gem develops a sense of fairness, forms friendships, and […]
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