Guilty Mirage
Can you believe that mockingbirds can sing around two-hundred different melodies? Some of these tunes that they make are just imitations of other animals and things; they can exquisitely imitate the sound of barking dogs, squeaky gate hinges, sirens, etc. Mockingbirds are just as fascinating with their other traits as well. They are also guiltless birds that may get wounded by someone or something for no good reason. Therefore, the title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, can be symbolically related to the novel. There are also symbolic mockingbirds that are presented throughout the novel; they are all people who are innocent, and yet, they are considered guilty to some people. Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell are …show more content…
People always seemed to talk about him, and most of the rumors that were said were about how bad of a person he supposedly was. Some of the inhabitants of Maycomb weren’t even around when Boo was younger and got into some trouble. People seemed to judge him by the things that were being rumored about him instead of finding out who he really was. From a variety of rumors that Jem heard, he concluded “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging by his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long, jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped out, and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). This places an image in our minds of a dirty, ugly, rough man. In actuality Boo kept his distance and avoided people. Boo hadn’t harmed anyone that was gossiping about him, and yet, they were slandering him from rumours from years past. Boo was never given a chance but he was judged by his supposed past actions. Just like Boo, mockingbirds don’t try to bother anyone and just try to stay in their
Can you believe that mockingbirds can sing around two-hundred different melodies? Some of these tunes that they make are just imitations of other animals and things; they can exquisitely imitate the sound of barking dogs, squeaky gate hinges, sirens, etc. Mockingbirds are just as fascinating with their other traits as well. They are also guiltless birds that may get wounded by someone or something for no good reason. Therefore, the title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, can be symbolically related to the novel. There are also symbolic mockingbirds that are presented throughout the novel; they are all people who are innocent, and yet, they are considered guilty to some people. Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell are …show more content…
People always seemed to talk about him, and most of the rumors that were said were about how bad of a person he supposedly was. Some of the inhabitants of Maycomb weren’t even around when Boo was younger and got into some trouble. People seemed to judge him by the things that were being rumored about him instead of finding out who he really was. From a variety of rumors that Jem heard, he concluded “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging by his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long, jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped out, and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). This places an image in our minds of a dirty, ugly, rough man. In actuality Boo kept his distance and avoided people. Boo hadn’t harmed anyone that was gossiping about him, and yet, they were slandering him from rumours from years past. Boo was never given a chance but he was judged by his supposed past actions. Just like Boo, mockingbirds don’t try to bother anyone and just try to stay in their