It Is A Sin To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis

Regardless of race or religion, Maycomb had at least one universal rule: “It is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). To clarify, two people in the story are theorized as Mockingbirds. Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley. One of these people would be Tom Robinson a black male, was treated with respect by his lawyer, Atticus Finch. Uniquely, Atticus is doing his utmost to keep Tom out of prison for something he did not do. However, they did not win the case, racism was too strong in the 11 people appointed to decide between life and death. While such failures must not be discounted, they were in comparison small, when correlated to the ripple it would create within this small community. For all the Ewell’s troubles, the family is now viewed somehow worse than …show more content…
In addition, Helen and her children were left with no money for food and other necessities. Thankfully, Mr. Link Deas offered Helen a job in his store to help pay for her troubles and just somewhere to get her mind off of other matters that made life a struggle. A person put aside during the story, would be Arthur (Boo) Radley. To illustrate his part in the Mockingbird theme, Arthur becomes a story just circling around the town, never the same. Justifying the stories, people tell others that he has not been seen for years and he might even be dead. Arthur is frequently described by children as, “Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom, people said he existed, but Jem and I have never seen him” (Lee 10). Arthur’s brother, Nathan Radley, scared anyone or anything off of the property with one blast of a gun, and that may be why many of the town children do not dare step foot on the Radley property. For this reason, Arthur does not want to leave his house, and children will not leave him alone. With that in mind, Arthur still decides to be friendly to the two children next door, who have done nothing but pester