A Mockingbird symbolizes as pure, innocent, and beauty. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that it is a "Sin to kill a mockingbird". It seems to me that Atticus message meant that all mockingbirds do is sing their hearts out, they are no harm to other people. Later on in the story, Miss Maudie clarifies Atticus statements to Scout that "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy..." "That's why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." To kill something harmless and beautiful would be wrong. Jem and Scout notably symbolizes innocence and beauty. Scout is an innocent five year old who had never had a conflict with evil. But as the book goes on, her innocence is slowly taken away. Although, Jem and Scout's innocence remained all through
