“Shoot all the blue jays you want if you can catch em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” is a statement that Atticus makes which reflects the theme of the book. The reason being is that a mockingbird is selfless; they only sing their hearts out to everyone, not even expecting a reward or harming things that people plant. Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Atticus in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ are the kindest, most generous, and most good-hearted people of Maycomb. Boo can be seen as a mockingbird in the way that he always has an eye out for the children and the thought of them helping him does not enter his mind. Though it costs him his life, Tom can be seen as a mockingbird because he helps someone he feels sorry for, and refusing to be paid.…
In To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley is represented as mockingbird due to his destruction of innocence and the fact he has never tried to do anything but help people. The town of maycomb has discriminated him for so long he has stayed inside his house but when scout and jem start poking around he tries to protect them through the events of the novel. Boo Radley represents a mockingbird because he always tries to help and protect jem and scout, he never attempted to harm anyone, and due to his destruction of innocence. Though everyone is frightened by Boo, he does small favors for scout and jem throughout the novel even probably knowing about “games” the play involving him.…
Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird have very similar traits, and are a representation of the mockingbird. Boo Radley, a character who demonstrates traits such as timidity, innocence, and kindness, is seen by others as the opposite because of rumors and…
Boo Radley is a misunderstood Mockingbird in the novel because of his absence in the town people think he is up to no good. Dill, Scout and Jem go on to make up crazy stories about him without fully understanding his situation, which leads to fear of him. In the end of the novel, they finally see him for who he really is; a powerful symbol of innocence and courage. Scout makes Boo “bend [his] arm like that” (287) to make it seem like he was escorting her down “like any gentleman would” (287). She understands now how wrong they were about him, and how he was only an innocent man accused of crimes…
Paragraph (written in complete sentence/correct paragraph format): Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both characters who could be symbolized as being mockingbirds. Both characters are made out to be crazy, harmful people, but they are innocent and do not do bad. Boo Radley was accused of doing many criminal activities. He, apparently, stabbed his father was scissors for no reason when he was forcedly locked inside his house. Boo, formally known as Arthur, was also thought to look into people’s windows at night.…
Boo Arthur Radley is a caring child emotionally damaged by his father. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds”. The quintessential “mockingbird” is a courteous person, emotionally and physically damaged due to the novel’s antagonists. The antagonists are under the false misconception that Boo “went out at night...and peeped in windows.” Countless individuals “still [look] at the Radley place...unwilling to discard their...suspicions” (Lee 9).…
In To Kill A Mockingbird some characters like Jem, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Dill and Mr. Raymond are identified as mockingbirds. To kill a mockingbird can be referenced to destroying innocence, or in this case innocents who have been destroyed or injured through contact with evil. In this case, it could be Atticus, Tom Robinson or Jem. Atticus is a very important character in the story as he is the father of Scout and Jem, he is also very smart and still learns as much as Jem and Scout.…
The book uses mockingbirds as a symbol to show some people as innocent just like mockingbirds. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee makes three main “mockingbirds”. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...but sing their heart out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. ”(pg.90)…
In the book To Kill the Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that even the innocent will be judged and prosecuted by the guilty. Arthur Radley, or better known as Boo, was the first example of amiss depiction. Boo was a complete mystery, so people started making stories and spreading rumors. Rumors that made this man sound like a freak who was controlled by a strict family. He was labeled as the violent crazy man of Maycomb.…
When discovering our own personal identities, there are a great number of things that can sway the way that identity ends up looking. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee explores how the influence of isolation, discrimination and loneliness can reflect upon our identities. Evidence of how these feelings impact our individual identities can clearly be seen in the lives of characters Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Boo (Arthur) Radley. Boo Radley is perhaps the most misunderstood character that Harper Lee crafted. Scout and Jem believe he is a monster who eats raw animals, a great giant of a man with yellow teeth and perpetually bloodstained hands.…
Mockingbirds are glass creatures, beautiful but, fragile. “Mocking birds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don 't nest in corncribs, they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us,” spoken by Miss Maudie. That is why it is a sin to kill one. The meaning of this is that if someone is innocent and have done nothing to nobody, it 's a sin to choose to hurt it.…
Boo Radley 's character growth is the complete opposite. As the children mature throughout the story, they learn to carefully analyze Radley just as they were forced to analyze their community and surroundings. Jem and Scout 's opinion of Radley towards the end is very symbolic to the development and transformation that the children undergo. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses historical context, characterization and symbolism to develop the theme of prejudice and tolerance. In the 1930 's, prejudice was all very prevalent in the United States.…
A crippled black man named Tom accused of raping a white girl in 1930s Alabama town: Maycomb, and a creepy, mysterious man, Boo, that saves two children from the clutches of a drunken man: these men are the mockingbirds of Maycomb County. Mockingbirds are known to be likable animals that do not build nests or deface property; they only sing for everyone to hear. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, harmless characters are symbolized with a common songbird. This is demonstrated through Boo Radley and Tom Robinson.…
Racism had made Robinson’s fate of dead inevitable. “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed”. In the particular place and time, it was simply because Tom was black and Mayella was white. In the era of 1930s, the whites had overwhelming power over the blacks who were seldom protected by law. Although Atticus did a brilliant job to expose Bob Ewell and his daughter’s lies and convinced most people that Tom Robinson was closer to innocence than sin, and it took extra effort and time for the jury to make a verdict, the sentence was still guilty, due to the predominance of racist opinion at that time.…
Boo Radley is an example of a mockingbird. He was persecuted unjustly based on his father’s beliefs but he actually saves the children in the end from Bob Ewell. The incident with the rabid dog shows you how Atticus, keeping in mind he dislikes using a gun, had to choose between the two evils; killing the dog or the dog harming the people. This shows you how Atticus had to be morally correct and how he is a strong character, seeing as he put himself in that position, teaching Scout and Jem true bravery. The rabid dog also represents the racism and prejudice this town holds, in the sense that they already have a set protocol in place as to how to deal with that situation.…