...of a novel is an important asset for the author to present their story in a way they see fit. By allowing the author to express their emotions, the title remains a significant feature. When examining the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader can see that the mockingbird is a metaphorical symbolization of the theme of innocence, or the loss of. Published in 1960 by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird has become a literary classic. This essay will explore the significance of the title “To Kill a Mockingbird” and will endeavor to explain to the reader why Harper Lee’s novel is called To Kill a Mockingbird while also touching on some of the themes that are connected to the title, such as the loss of innocence and injustice. Revolving...
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...“To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee is based on the central idea that is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus tells Scout this when he gives them guns. After, Atticus tells her it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. She goes to ask Miss Maudie why it’s a sin. Miss Maudie explains it’s a sin because they don’t do anything but sing their hearts out focus. This refers to the thesis statement because it deals with Miss Maudie, Atticus Finch, and Tom Robinson. Miss Maudie is true friend and she has good moral as Atticus. Miss Maudie implies “Indoors, when Miss Maudie wanted to say something she settled her fingers on her knees and settled her bridgework. Then she did and waited. ‘I simply wanted to tell you that there are some men in...
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...Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both symbolized by the mockingbird. Boo Radley is the neighborhood shut in. Nobody has seen him for years. The reader knows this due to Scout and Jem have never seen him in their life. He is also supposed to be crazy and murderous, according to the town gossip Miss Stephanie. A mockingbird is a bird that Jem and Scout can’t kill due to them only wanting to please people with their songs. The reader know this considering Atticus tells them it’s a sin to kill them and Miss Maudie says they only make music for us to hear and aren’t pests. Boo is symbolized by the mockingbird for a few different reasons. For one example, Boo hasn’t bugged anyone in the town ever before, and Atticus tells the kids to leave him alone....
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...“Prejudice is the child of ignorance” (William Hazlitt). Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird people judge others before they truly have a right to judge. In the town of Maycomb, Alabama many individuals make judgements about Boo Radley and Tom Robinson before they know the truth. Scout Finch is a rare breed in this time, with her father defending Tom Robinson and her brother Jem and her interested in finding more about Boo Radley she constantly gets a chance to make unprejudiced judgements on people. Harper Lee helps the reader better understand prejudice using symbolism , imagery, and metaphors throughout the story. Prejudice was common throughout the story To Kill a Mockingbird, this could be seen through symbolism. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird, this is explained when Miss Maudie says “they don’t do one thing...
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...the personification in To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom is helpful, friendly, courteous and kind to young and old and that also parallels the way most mockingbirds are friendly, courteous and kind. Tom Robinson helps out everyone from working for Link Deas to helping out Mayella Ewell.. Harper Lee writes “I just want the whole lot of you to know one thing right now. That boy’s worked for me eight years and I ain’t had a speck aco’trouble outa him. Not a speck.” This quote is yelled out by Link Deas during the court trial because he cares for Tom and Link knows that Tom is innocent. The importance of this quote is that it shows that he is a good person and the only people who don’t believe it are the most of the white community in Maycomb...
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...Phoebe Sanders English 9 Period 1 Who can be considered a Mockingbird? When thinking back to “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee it makes people think of many characters. When answering the question who could be considered a mockingbird, people may think of three characters. Those characters are Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. Readers can see this through the towns people actions, and beliefs. Many believe and consider it a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because mockingbirds do nothing wrong. They do not hurt anyone, or hurt plants. They are simply here to give you pleasure. It is a sin to kill one because they cause no harm just like these characters. They give you pleasure and happiness and stand up for what they believe in....
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...Birds of Innocence Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is an exceptional story of cowardice and courage, of prejudice and acceptance. Most obviously, it is a story of maturity and innocence. In the novel, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are all metaphorically portrayed as mockingbirds because of their observable innocence with others in their community and their evident kindness. While each character has noticeably different storylines and symbolic references to the mockingbird, all three have their inculpability in common. Atticus Finch is depicted as a mockingbird, not only because of his incorruption, but also because of his fatherly instincts and his unmistakable courage. In chapter twenty-nine and thirty we see Atticus’s righteousness in full light. As they sauntered home from the school pageant, Jem and Scout were attacked. Atticus, knowing that Bob Ewell has threatened him and what he loves, does not outright blame Bob for his children’s wounds and injuries. Mockingbirds are extremely territorial and protective of their young. In chapter ten we see Atticus’s shooting skills as he protects his children from a rabid dog. Another trait shown by mockingbirds is their courage when defending their...
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...A couple days before the incident she reported to the police that she was getting abused by him and failed to act upon the incident immediately and therefore letting an innocent victim get killed hat was a good example of an innocent victim of domestic violence and had to unluckily be killed by it. More and more people are being used as innocent victims and the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee which was set in the 1930has characters that show clear examples of innocent victims. Tom Robinson who was allegedly accused of raping a white woman due to the fact that he is black. He proved that he didn’t rape her and that he was found guilty and got killed. This shows that back in the early 1900’s that innocent victims due to their race were common. Another example of an innocent victim is Karina Lock, a 49-year-old who arranged a meeting with her ex husband was shot twice at a McDonald's restaurant in Helensvale, Gold Coast. She was shot for no reason, just that her former partner got angry as the argument increased. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” that character named...
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...tales, and most complex stories. The process of constructing sentences, molding words with emotion is an art, a skill. This art is done a countless amount times between authors, in the form of figurative language. They use many forms of figurative language, like metaphors and extended metaphors repeatedly to create a definitive affect, like Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In these books, they repeatedly use extended metaphors to create a lasting effect on the reader. The use of a metaphor in a form a paragraph or elongated it is done a lot in many books, as a technique to convey something to the reader. For example, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses metaphors and extended metaphors to give the reader almost a glimpse into their characters perspectives. This is evident when in chapter 6 Jem says “The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow, crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem”. From this the author can create and effect on the reader as to their perspective of the scene. When they...
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...{hook + details} The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee often demonstrates the theme that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they mean no harm. Throughout the novel, Lee also uses characters that may be symbolized as mockingbirds. One of the characters in the book that could be represented by a Mockingbird is Arthur (Boo) Radley. The reasoning as to why he could be interpreted as a Mockingbird is that he is treated unreasonably while doing no harm to anyone. Accordingly, a passage that orientates with the theme of it being a sin to kill a mockingbird is {chapter and citation}. This is when the children, Scout, Jem, and Dill play the Boo Radley game which is a game that makes fun of Boo and portrays him as a monster. Therefore,...
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...In To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel is told in a first person’s point of view, by Scout Finch. III. 1) The setting of the novel is in a small southern old town in Alabama named Maycomb, during a time in which there wasn’t much to do since there was not much money,and where racism and segregation were still in practice in the communities. 2.) Lee uses imagery when she describes about Maycomb. “In rainy whether the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.” IV. 1) The protagonist in story is Scout Finch. 2.) In the story beginning of the story Scout seemed as if she was trying to establish a friendship. She didn’t have many friends, but later on establishes a friendship with Dill....
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...birds they want, but they may not shoot mockingbirds because they do nothing but good. Miss Maudie tries to explain this to Jem and Scout by saying: “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Therefore if a character does nothing but good, he is considered a mockingbird. And if that character is harmed, it is considered a sin. Tom Robinson and Arthur (Boo) Radley are considered mockingbird symbols in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom is a mockingbird symbol who helps Mayella Ewell whenever she asks him to when he passes her house because he feels sorry for her and her situation. Mayella raises her siblings all by herself and is abused...
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...novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, author Harper Lee implements an extensive array of symbolism that associates itself with many characters throughout the novel. While the title of the book itself may not mean much literally when trying to connect it to the plot of the story, it does in fact have a lot of symbolic weight to it. In the book Ms. Maudie explains why it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but . . . sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” In the novel, a mockingbird symbolically represents purity, and innocence. And to kill a mockingbird means to rid some one “mockingbirds”, one for example is Tom Robinson, in the novel it stated that he was an honest hard...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird is packed with famous and helpful life quotes. On of the greater quotes is “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” said by Atticus. The quote has a deep meaning and is a good moral to live by. Atticus and Miss Maudie say that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don’t do anything but sing for us. They don’t tear up gardens or nest in corncribs, they just sing(119), but there’s a deeper meaning than that. Atticus and Miss Maudie don’t mean just mockingbirds, they mean real people, too. Take Atticus for example: he could be considered a mockingbird because he’s nice, helpful, never done anything wrong. Just like a mockingbird, he doesn’t do anything but help people. Maycomb was a racist town, but Atticus was one of the few wholesome people. He didn’t care if someone was white or black, rich or poor, he saw everyone the same. Those qualities were very useful for his career as a lawyer, because he wasn’t biased. He even says “ but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal. (274) He’s saying that the court makes everyone equal and a black man has an equal chance of winning against a white man. Even though he has his...
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...repetitions of the world ‘old’, or references to oldness, both of Atticus and the people in their neighbourhood. For example Scout refers to Atticus as ‘feeble’, ‘nearly fifty’ and ‘nearly blind’, which can all be associated with agedness. Miss Maudie also talks about ‘your father’s age’, because he is older than other father’s in town. The neighbourhood and its habitants are also portrayed as quite aged: ‘old’ and ‘settled’ neighbourhood, ‘the folks on our street are all old’, ‘Mrs Dubose is close to a hundred’, ‘Miss Rachel’s old’, and Miss Maudie says she is not ‘being wheeled around yet’...
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