In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays many of the characters as the joyful songbird being killed of their innocence. Boo Radley is a mockingbird throughout the book as he is only ever gentle and kind towards the children, it is the perception the town gives him, killing his innocence. The ignorant killing of Tom Robinson relates to the killing of a mockingbird, as like a mockingbird all Robinson brought into peoples’ lives was kindness and joy. Once the trial is over twelve-year-old Jem Finch realises the racism and unfairness of the world, ultimately destroying his childlike hope and innocence making him a mockingbird. Each character endures their own meaningless killing of their own innocence, alike to a mockingbird caught in a crossfire.
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Once Bo is not seen by Maycomb County for years, the locals begin to tell myths about him, like is “he went out when the moon was high, and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them,” (Lee, 9). This nonsense entices the Finch children to get a glimpse of Boo, however they do not release he was always watching them. As he was the one that covered Scout with a blanket the night Miss Maudie’s place went up in flames without Scout even noticing. Boo was also the one who saved the children the night Bob Ewell attacked, he used the kindness of his heart to protect the children. Through Scout, Lee expresses that even though Boo was the one who stabbed Mr. Ewell, letting the town in on it all “it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird,” (Lee, 304) in the sense allowing the town to know that Boo was alive and responsible for the murder of Maycomb’s most hated man would give him the unwanted attention, killing his innocence. Boo Radley at the beginning suffers a killing of his innocence because of the false rumours the town creates about his disappearance, he however is saved from another death due to Scout finally hearing his sweet song and letting him be a mockingbird safe from the …show more content…
As described through Mr. Underwood, Lee says Tom’s death was a “senseless slaughter of songbirds by humans,” (Lee, 265) meaning that Tom underwent a killing that no one else would have had to encounter. Robinson worked on the property of Mr. Link Deas to support his own family until one day he accepts to help Mayella Ewell through the goodness and kindness of his heart. Mayella forces herself onto him beginning a trial that would have no winners in the end. After being convicted Tom loses his hope, his voice, his song, he “was tired of white men’s chances and preferred to take his own,” (Lee, 260). His death was alike to a killing of a mockingbird, as sin to do it because like all mockingbirds, Tom was innocent and harmless and only ever wanted to bring joy to the people around
Once Bo is not seen by Maycomb County for years, the locals begin to tell myths about him, like is “he went out when the moon was high, and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them,” (Lee, 9). This nonsense entices the Finch children to get a glimpse of Boo, however they do not release he was always watching them. As he was the one that covered Scout with a blanket the night Miss Maudie’s place went up in flames without Scout even noticing. Boo was also the one who saved the children the night Bob Ewell attacked, he used the kindness of his heart to protect the children. Through Scout, Lee expresses that even though Boo was the one who stabbed Mr. Ewell, letting the town in on it all “it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird,” (Lee, 304) in the sense allowing the town to know that Boo was alive and responsible for the murder of Maycomb’s most hated man would give him the unwanted attention, killing his innocence. Boo Radley at the beginning suffers a killing of his innocence because of the false rumours the town creates about his disappearance, he however is saved from another death due to Scout finally hearing his sweet song and letting him be a mockingbird safe from the …show more content…
As described through Mr. Underwood, Lee says Tom’s death was a “senseless slaughter of songbirds by humans,” (Lee, 265) meaning that Tom underwent a killing that no one else would have had to encounter. Robinson worked on the property of Mr. Link Deas to support his own family until one day he accepts to help Mayella Ewell through the goodness and kindness of his heart. Mayella forces herself onto him beginning a trial that would have no winners in the end. After being convicted Tom loses his hope, his voice, his song, he “was tired of white men’s chances and preferred to take his own,” (Lee, 260). His death was alike to a killing of a mockingbird, as sin to do it because like all mockingbirds, Tom was innocent and harmless and only ever wanted to bring joy to the people around