Why Does Harper Lee Use The Symbol Of The Mockingbird
How does Harper Lee use the symbol of the mockingbird?
According to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” So, mockingbirds are harmless, innocent creatures, and killing them is wrong, because they don't hurt anyone. The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. After all it only sings for us to hear its music, they don’t bother us or harm us. So, to kill a mockingbird is a sin because you destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters like Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, and Mr. Raymond can be identified as mockingbirds. Atticus does not harm anyone, just like a mockingbird. He was generous, helped those in need. People criticized him because he stood up for a black man. Atticus was just being good and had no reason to be disliked by the people. “You never really understand a person until you …show more content…
Robinson was a black man who was not accepted by the society. He was seen as a bad person just because he was black, especially after Mayella Ewell accused him of raping her though he was innocent. Tom was actually a really helpful caring person. "And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people." Tom showed courage when he innocently agreed to enter Ewell’s house to help Mayella it was a dangerous thing for any black man in the 1930s to enter a white man's home without permission. Tom risked his life to help Mayella when he saw her incapable of doing one of her chores. No one had forced him to do such thing but he done it from the kindness of his heart knowing what would happen to him if he got caught. We learn that Tom is a very thoughtful, humble man who was just trying to give a hand but instead the judge took Mr. Ewell’s word over his and was convicted of raping Mayella. Tom signified purity, was an innocent, good-hearted, only do good
According to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” So, mockingbirds are harmless, innocent creatures, and killing them is wrong, because they don't hurt anyone. The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. After all it only sings for us to hear its music, they don’t bother us or harm us. So, to kill a mockingbird is a sin because you destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters like Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, and Mr. Raymond can be identified as mockingbirds. Atticus does not harm anyone, just like a mockingbird. He was generous, helped those in need. People criticized him because he stood up for a black man. Atticus was just being good and had no reason to be disliked by the people. “You never really understand a person until you …show more content…
Robinson was a black man who was not accepted by the society. He was seen as a bad person just because he was black, especially after Mayella Ewell accused him of raping her though he was innocent. Tom was actually a really helpful caring person. "And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people." Tom showed courage when he innocently agreed to enter Ewell’s house to help Mayella it was a dangerous thing for any black man in the 1930s to enter a white man's home without permission. Tom risked his life to help Mayella when he saw her incapable of doing one of her chores. No one had forced him to do such thing but he done it from the kindness of his heart knowing what would happen to him if he got caught. We learn that Tom is a very thoughtful, humble man who was just trying to give a hand but instead the judge took Mr. Ewell’s word over his and was convicted of raping Mayella. Tom signified purity, was an innocent, good-hearted, only do good