To Kill A Mockingbird Essay To Kill A Mockingbird is a powerful book on the big issue on prejudice and racism, filled with little key details. Harper uses tools to enhance this book’s meaning and its impact on the reader. The tool she uses, is the symbolism. Authors like to use symbolism often in their books, to give their stories a deeper meaning. This is not an exception in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. One example of these metaphors used in the book, is the mockingbird. The mockingbird is a key theme in the story and it is used for one reason. Harper Lee uses the Mockingbird to symbolize innocent people being hurt by others. Although subtle, the theme of mockingbirds is seen throughout the narrative. It is first told to the two children, Scout and Jem, when they are going out to learn how to shoot air rifles.
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Robinson, but several characters in To Kill a Mockingbird; virtuous people harmed by society. The second mockingbird most true to the metaphor, is Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley. It can be presumed that he is a mockingbird, but it is made concrete by Scout. After Boo kills Bob, Heck Tate decides not to put Boo under any trouble and says that Bob had just fallen on his knife, exempting Boo for what he had done. “ 'Mr. Tate was right.' Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. 'What do you mean?' 'Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?' (Lee, ___) In this quote, Scout likens putting Boo into court like shooting a mockingbird. Boo Radley, a man who is seen as caring, is viewed as a monster by society. Although it is learned later that he is a kind souled person, he is tormented by the kids, and he only repays them back in favours. Not only did he put his life out there to go save the children's’ lives, but had been courteous to both of them throughout the story. Only a genuine person who wishes to provide good would do that, which shows the relation between Boo Radley as a
Robinson, but several characters in To Kill a Mockingbird; virtuous people harmed by society. The second mockingbird most true to the metaphor, is Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley. It can be presumed that he is a mockingbird, but it is made concrete by Scout. After Boo kills Bob, Heck Tate decides not to put Boo under any trouble and says that Bob had just fallen on his knife, exempting Boo for what he had done. “ 'Mr. Tate was right.' Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. 'What do you mean?' 'Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?' (Lee, ___) In this quote, Scout likens putting Boo into court like shooting a mockingbird. Boo Radley, a man who is seen as caring, is viewed as a monster by society. Although it is learned later that he is a kind souled person, he is tormented by the kids, and he only repays them back in favours. Not only did he put his life out there to go save the children's’ lives, but had been courteous to both of them throughout the story. Only a genuine person who wishes to provide good would do that, which shows the relation between Boo Radley as a