Who Is The Innocent In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel that, among other things, explores the unpleasant and disturbing issue of racism. Racism is a prevailing theme in the novel, as is innocence and justice. Many innocents who did not deserve to be ostracized by society were considered outcasts for reasons beyond their control, reasons most often based in race or social status. The tiny southern town of Maycomb was quick to judge any person who did not quietly fit into their perceived mold of society. Those who went against the grain or refused to languish in a social class that was based on race or socioeconomic status were looked upon with disdain. Those sorts of people, more often than not, became town gossip. However, they did not deserve such treatment. They were innocents, the metaphorical mockingbirds of life. …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond and Boo Radley are proved to be such metaphorical mockingbirds through the examination of the traits of a mockingbird that correspond with their own character choices and the examination of Maycomb's gossipy view of them in retrospect to the