The blue jays in to kill a mockingbird symbolize the racist people in society. As Atticus says, “Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). The author is basically saying that you can try and catch the guilty person, but sometimes you miss and end up catching an innocent man. Now the kids are starting to see and experience the racism that they didn’t know was in Maycomb County. According to Lula,” You ain’t got no business brining white chullin here—they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church ain’t it, Miss Cal?”(Lee 158). This quote shows that not only are there white racist people in society but also black racist as well, and the fact that they are being racist,like
