To kill a mockingbird by Lee Harper you would think there is actual mockingbirds like the animal but no there isn't it is a symbol for how some people get treated for doing nothing or just minding their own business. The mockingbird symbol represents people who do nothing but either try and be helpful are so innocent to somethings they don't understand exactly what's going on.
My first example of a person who is a mockingbird is Tom Robinson. He is a mocking bird because of the color of his skin he is killed. “Easy come, easy go. Just shows you, that Robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line the veneer's mighty thin”(322). The Ewells made into something he is not, and the town didn't care that he was innocent all that mattered was his color. He was just trying to help Mayella Ewell and then when she jumps on him and kisses him he is accused of raping her. …show more content…
“Mr. Ewell was Mr. Gilmer's witness, and he had no business being rude to him of all people."Are you the father of Mayella Ewell?" was the next question."Well, if I ain't I can't do nothing about it now, her ma's dead," was the answer”(230). Mayelle is beat by her father who doesn't give a crap about her and one day mella sends her brother and sister to go ge ice cream so Tom can come help her in the house but mayella likes Tom kisses him and her father sees beats her up and claims that Tom raped her. “I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more. That black man yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you”(251). The reason why she blames Tom is quite simple because she's afraid what her drunk abusive father will do to
My first example of a person who is a mockingbird is Tom Robinson. He is a mocking bird because of the color of his skin he is killed. “Easy come, easy go. Just shows you, that Robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line the veneer's mighty thin”(322). The Ewells made into something he is not, and the town didn't care that he was innocent all that mattered was his color. He was just trying to help Mayella Ewell and then when she jumps on him and kisses him he is accused of raping her. …show more content…
“Mr. Ewell was Mr. Gilmer's witness, and he had no business being rude to him of all people."Are you the father of Mayella Ewell?" was the next question."Well, if I ain't I can't do nothing about it now, her ma's dead," was the answer”(230). Mayelle is beat by her father who doesn't give a crap about her and one day mella sends her brother and sister to go ge ice cream so Tom can come help her in the house but mayella likes Tom kisses him and her father sees beats her up and claims that Tom raped her. “I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more. That black man yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you”(251). The reason why she blames Tom is quite simple because she's afraid what her drunk abusive father will do to