To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis Essay

Register to read the introduction… This statement and overall opinion about Atticus’ character is then related to those of the other townsfolk. Atticus’ job is conveyed as “nothing” when contrasted to other jobs of the town such as sheriff, running a drugstore or driving a dump-truck. Jem, who was obsessed with football, was constantly tortured by the fact that his father wasn’t in the type of condition other younger fathers were in to be tackling in a game of football. With Atticus’ visual and physical attributes conveyed, Scout was embarrassed having a father who is much of a couch potato in her eyes. As stated, “With these attributes, however, he would not remain as inconspicuous as we wished him to”. This statement illustrates that Scout feels even more uncomfortable having to sit through people gossiping about her father and the Tom Robinson case. The imagery of Atticus’ aging starts to develop the story’s rising action along with the uncomplimentary gossip around town by stating a background of …show more content…
Atticus states “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want… but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. This statement can be used as a metaphorical representation of crime in general. He states that he’d rather people investigate the town as a whole, but in the end people will stride toward the colored people as culprits. It is fine to punish them based on if they did it, but it is wrong to punish someone who has done nothing at all. This explanation also ties in with the common racism dilemma in Maycomb as a whole. Metaphorically speaking, everyone would try to shoot birds instead of tin cans. Even though this is wrong, it is awful to kill to a mockingbird or someone symbolic of one, which has done nothing wrong to