Innocence is frequently connected with youth and ignorance.However, the loss of one’s innocence is associated with the evils of the world. It can be interpreted in a variety of ways and it can happen numerous times. The loss of innocence sometimes involves what the society hold sacrosanct. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses Arthur Radley, Tom Robinson, and Dolphus Raymond as a motif of the mockingbird to demonstrate people’s impeccability being injured or destroyed through the contact of evil .
Tom Robinson is a mockingbird that symbolizes innocence. He is accused and convicted of raping Mayella Ewell, but the truth is that he had never done the crime. When Atticus expresses to his children, “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” (_lee__) scout ponders, “That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something,”(__lee__). This indicated that killing an innocent creature is not only against man’s law, but against God’s as well. Similar to the bird, Tom Robinson is also an innocent creature whose intention was to be helpful and hardworking. He was targeted, not for his personality, but for his appearance. In all reality, he is a virtuous and compassionate man , and the incrimination hurled at him are much like stones launched at a mockingbird. His …show more content…
The community apprehends that he lives with people of color, and they fail to understand his reasoning, except that they assume he is a drunk due to the brown-bagged bottle he carries with him everywhere. He intentionally carries out this deception, so that the people in the society will have a reason reasoning that identifies their prejudice against him. In all materiality, Mr. Raymond does not drink alcohol at all, but instead, carries a bottle that has Coca-Cola in it.. His innocence is what makes him a
Tom Robinson is a mockingbird that symbolizes innocence. He is accused and convicted of raping Mayella Ewell, but the truth is that he had never done the crime. When Atticus expresses to his children, “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” (_lee__) scout ponders, “That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something,”(__lee__). This indicated that killing an innocent creature is not only against man’s law, but against God’s as well. Similar to the bird, Tom Robinson is also an innocent creature whose intention was to be helpful and hardworking. He was targeted, not for his personality, but for his appearance. In all reality, he is a virtuous and compassionate man , and the incrimination hurled at him are much like stones launched at a mockingbird. His …show more content…
The community apprehends that he lives with people of color, and they fail to understand his reasoning, except that they assume he is a drunk due to the brown-bagged bottle he carries with him everywhere. He intentionally carries out this deception, so that the people in the society will have a reason reasoning that identifies their prejudice against him. In all materiality, Mr. Raymond does not drink alcohol at all, but instead, carries a bottle that has Coca-Cola in it.. His innocence is what makes him a