Atticus is the first person that introduces killing a mockingbird, he says it is just like killing an innocent person. A mockingbird hasn’t done anything, but you are able to blame it on the mockingbird because it isn’t able to defend itself no matter what happened. Just like Tom Robinson he is innocent and Atticus proves that though since he is black he is guilty. As well Boo Radley is innocent he hasn’t done anything, everybody thinks he is a scary, mental man, only because he is mentally disabled, and when he stabbed his father it wasn’t his fault. The mockingbird refers specifically to Tom Robinson and Boo Radley, they are both innocent though nobody realizes that. The children can also be referred to the mockingbird since throughout the
