The theme of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds symbolize peace and beauty. Two characters that represent a Mockingbird are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, during the whole book, were portrayed as very loving and peaceful characters. And yet during the book, awful situations happen to them witch, in context, is killing a Mockingbird.
Tom Robinson is a 25-year-old African American man who doesn't do anything to anyone. He lives with he wife and children, goes to church, and doesn’t affect anyone. A Mockingbird. He started to help out Ms. Mayella Ewell because he walked by her house twice a day to work and back. She would ask him to come in and do some small chores for her. Him, being the nice man he is, would come in and chop up kindling, or moving something heavy. She offered to pay him a couple times, but he always refused, because he was a Mockingbird. …show more content…
Mayella Ewell was beaten and raped in her home. She blames Mr. Tom Robinson for the crime. Since Tom Robinson is black, every person on the jury, when he is brought to trial, disregard the fact that he is a Mockingbird. So much evidence is brought against Mayella and her father Robert Ewell. The fact that she had a black eye on her right eye, so she was punched with someone who is left handed was brought to question. Her father is left handed while Tom was handicapped, with a lifeless left hand. It was also brought up that no one called a doctor for Mayella after she was injured. So much evidence proved that Tom was not the man who hurt Mayella. Yet, this was overlooked by the jury because he was an African American man. He was put in jail and was killed by seventeen shots to the body while trying to “escape.” This was killing a
Tom Robinson is a 25-year-old African American man who doesn't do anything to anyone. He lives with he wife and children, goes to church, and doesn’t affect anyone. A Mockingbird. He started to help out Ms. Mayella Ewell because he walked by her house twice a day to work and back. She would ask him to come in and do some small chores for her. Him, being the nice man he is, would come in and chop up kindling, or moving something heavy. She offered to pay him a couple times, but he always refused, because he was a Mockingbird. …show more content…
Mayella Ewell was beaten and raped in her home. She blames Mr. Tom Robinson for the crime. Since Tom Robinson is black, every person on the jury, when he is brought to trial, disregard the fact that he is a Mockingbird. So much evidence is brought against Mayella and her father Robert Ewell. The fact that she had a black eye on her right eye, so she was punched with someone who is left handed was brought to question. Her father is left handed while Tom was handicapped, with a lifeless left hand. It was also brought up that no one called a doctor for Mayella after she was injured. So much evidence proved that Tom was not the man who hurt Mayella. Yet, this was overlooked by the jury because he was an African American man. He was put in jail and was killed by seventeen shots to the body while trying to “escape.” This was killing a