To Kill A Mockingbird Metaphors

“It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird”. This means that is a sin to ruin something, or someone that is innocent, that does no harm, or just does there best to help everyone. This metaphor applies to everyone, and everywhere as in any community, anywhere there will be people and things uncorrupted by the world, and in most every case there innocence is lost in the process of life. This metaphor is used a lot in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, By Harper Lee. Sometimes, it is meant literally in the book, like when the main characters of the book, Jem and Scout, get air rifles, but also symbolically in 3 characters. These characters are Atticus Finch, Arthur (Boo) Radley, and Dolphus Raymond.
The first character that represents the Mockingbird …show more content…
The first piece of evidence for him Is on page 71-2 where Atticus was talking to Jem after the fire, “Why, we did. We stayed—” “Then whose blanket is that?” “Blanket?” “Yes ma’am, blanket. It isn’t ours.”… “Thank who?” I asked. “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.” This evidence supports my claim as it is showing that despise the evil reputation Boo is known to have he is actually a pretty nice guy and is just trying to help out Jem and Scout as well as show that he isn’t a evil man to other. My second piece of evidence is on page 276 when Atticus says “Scout,” he said, “Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?” Atticus looked like he needed cheering up. I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might. “Yes sir, I understand,” I reassured him. “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?” This evidence supports my claim as it is saying how it would be more of a crime to take Boo in for killing Bob Ewell than it was for him to kill Bob in the first place. The evidence is also, once again, showing that Boo just wants to help the kids. Even though Arthur has a terrible reputation based on rumors, it turns out that he is a nice young man that just wants to be left alone but when he does come out he …show more content…
The first piece of evidence for him being a Mockingbird is on page 200 where he offers Dill a drink from his bottle, “Here,” he said, offering Dill his paper sack with straws in it. “Take a good sip, it’ll quieten you.” Dill sucked on the straws, smiled, and pulled at length. “Hee hee,” said Mr. Raymond, evidently taking delight in corrupting a child. “Dill, you watch out, now,” I warned. Dill released the straws and grinned. “Scout, it’s nothing but Coca-Cola.” This evidence supports my claim as it shows how that despite what most anybody would assume is alcohol it’s really just soda and he truly offered it as a way to try to help out Dill. In my second piece of evidence from Page 200-1, it tells us why Dolphus drinks soda that looks like alcohol, “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does.” “That ain’t honest, Mr. Raymond, making yourself out badder’n you are already —” “It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” This final piece of evidence shows