The mockingbird is but a solitary bird. It keeps to itself and does no harm unless attacked. In Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she creates a metaphoric picture of innocence using a mockingbird. In a conversation with his son, Jem, Atticus Finch says, “Shoot all the blue jays you can, but it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. In this award winning classic, Harper Lee shows many examples of mockingbirds. Perhaps most prominent among these are Tom Robinson, Jem and Scout, and Arthur Radley.
Tom Robinson is a young black man who has a wife and several children. While helping a poor white family, one of the daughters makes advances on him. The girl’s father, Bob Ewell, sees it, and Tom Robinson runs away. Mr. Ewell beats his daughter and then he unjustly accuses and convicts Tom Robinson of rape. Tom Robinson, who would go out of his way to help a poor family that hated blacks free gratis, is the perfect example of a mockingbird. Despite his kindness, selflessness, and innocence, people have no trouble accusing him of a crime that, if convicted, would cost him his life. …show more content…
Walking home from a Halloween party, Bob Ewell attacks them and attempts to kill them. After the Robinson trial, Mr. Ewell had said he would pay Mr. Finch back and instead of reeking his vengeance on Atticus, he attacked the children. Atticus’s kid’s had no part in the trial or in his humiliation, but he thought that the best way to get at Atticus was to harm his young children. It forms a sad picture of a mockingbird where one’s innocent children would serve as a purpose of vengeance in a personal
Tom Robinson is a young black man who has a wife and several children. While helping a poor white family, one of the daughters makes advances on him. The girl’s father, Bob Ewell, sees it, and Tom Robinson runs away. Mr. Ewell beats his daughter and then he unjustly accuses and convicts Tom Robinson of rape. Tom Robinson, who would go out of his way to help a poor family that hated blacks free gratis, is the perfect example of a mockingbird. Despite his kindness, selflessness, and innocence, people have no trouble accusing him of a crime that, if convicted, would cost him his life. …show more content…
Walking home from a Halloween party, Bob Ewell attacks them and attempts to kill them. After the Robinson trial, Mr. Ewell had said he would pay Mr. Finch back and instead of reeking his vengeance on Atticus, he attacked the children. Atticus’s kid’s had no part in the trial or in his humiliation, but he thought that the best way to get at Atticus was to harm his young children. It forms a sad picture of a mockingbird where one’s innocent children would serve as a purpose of vengeance in a personal