Mockingbird

The mockingbird represents people who just want to be left alone, but are brought into public eye and humiliated without wanting to be. Another interpretation of a mockingbird is the innocent. The title of the book is to Kill a MockingBird because Tom Robinson was killed. In the book Mr. Underwood says that Tom Robinson's murder was like a murder of a songbird because he thinks it’s a sin to kill mockingbirds. Along with Tom Robinson, Scout mentions Boo Radley as a Songbird because he just wants…

it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” A quote made by Atticus that means it's a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is try to please people and produce beautiful music. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they just try to help and don't harm anyone. The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee referred to good people as mockingbirds. People shouldn't hurt someone is is trying to help them. Harpel Lee uses Atticus, Jem, and Boo to exemplify the symbol of a mockingbird. Atticus…

In To Kill A Mockingbird some characters like Jem, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Dill and Mr. Raymond are identified as mockingbirds. To kill a mockingbird can be referenced to destroying innocence, or in this case innocents who have been destroyed or injured through contact with evil. In this case, it could be Atticus, Tom Robinson or Jem. Atticus is a very important character in the story as he is the father of Scout and Jem, he is also very smart and still learns as much as Jem and Scout. If…

events that shaped her views and writing style. To Kill A Mockingbird, an example of the time period, is her most famous piece. The story is set in the 1930’s, and involves a trial of a black man, Tom Robinson. Throughout the story, people constantly refer to Tom and Atticus, his caucasian lawyer, with negative terms. This is expected for the 1930’s as anyone who is willing to help an african american was looked down upon. To Kill A Mockingbird has many parallels to real world whether racially,…

him into the character he is in To Kill a Mockingbird. It is known that Harper Lee’s own father was a lawyer, and was largely the inspiration for Atticus Finch. It is known that Harper Lee’s father had once been a segregationist who opposed school integration during the period of time that Harper Lee had been working on Go Set a Watchman but later changed his mind and believed in integration sometime during Harper Lee’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird. His initial stance in the 1950s had…

dispossessing individuals or whole groups of their power, rights and privileges and deserting them in a state of powerlessness. This notion is profoundly explored and evinced in Harper Lee’s award winning novel- “ To Kill A Mockingbird”, published in 1960. “ To Kill A Mockingbird” is set in the fictitious rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, the United States in the 1930s, in an aeon of great economic and social turmoil. Sexism, racism and other prejudices was at its pinnacle point and Lee embeds…

The events that Harper Lee includes in To Kill a Mockingbird makes the readers think about what is going on in our world today by realizing that the problems haven’t been solved completely and still occur today. There are many themes in this novel like, inequality between class and race, don’t judge a book by it’s cover, and the symbolism of the mockingbird. It’s based on an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, being accused of raping a girl, Mayella Ewell. Tom already started at a disadvantage…

A mockingbird is a unique type of bird that should never be harmed because all it does is make beautiful music. This special bird is the very symbol of innocence. Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many important individuals that represent a mockingbird. From the beginning to the end of the narrative we have characters that are the embodiment of the mockingbird because all they do is help others and they themselves get harmed in some way. However, there are some…

sexism are widespread. To Kill A Mockingbird explores these taboo subjects and raises awareness of the prevalence of them by following the trial of a black man accused of rape. When the novel was first published, mass controversy followed due to the subject matters explored in the novel. However, this controversy never disappeared; today, teachers, students, parents, and lawmakers still debate over whether or not the novel should be taught in schools. To Kill A Mockingbird, a classic American…

and new, have the power to teach you important values. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, many life lessons are are shown to the reader. Values are taught through characters in this novel such as Atticus Finch, Calpurnia, and Tom Robinson. The values shown through these characters are still relevant today, 80 years after the book’s setting and 60 years after it was published. The important values that To Kill a Mockingbird teaches you with its diverse characters makes it an important…