Throughout the story a prominent symbol is that of the mockingbird. There are two main figurative mockingbirds in the story, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. When Boo Radley was a young man he hung with the wrong crowd and ended up getting in trouble with the law, which lead to him being locked in his parents house for over 15 years. As the years ticked by and no one had seen Boo a sufficient amount of rumors were spread in regards to him and what he did with his time. If someone’s azaleas froze it was because he breathed on them, and any small crimes that occurred in town were his doing. One day as the kids past a tree they found two pieces of uneaten chewing gum in a hole that was in the trees trunk. After that day Scout and Jem continued to
