Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because the only thing mockingbirds do is make beautiful and peaceful noise for your pleasure. In this essay I’m going to talk about and hopefully persuade you into agreeing that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Most people would agree it is a sin to spoil something that is innocent because it not only corrupts what is innocent but also corrupts the person who spoils it.
A mockingbird's purpose is to make peaceful music, they are innocent creatures in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” a mockingbird appears in the yard while Jim and Scout are playing with their new air rifles. Jim wants to shoot the bird but Atticus tells him no before they are allowed to play with them because it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.89 Scout then says “ That was the first time I ever heard Atticus say it’s a sin to do something” later the kids ask Mrs. Maudie why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird as she tells them that it’s a sin because the only thing they do is make music and do no harm to anyone or
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Since the Great Depression to now not much has changed there is still racism and sexism although it has gotten a lot better now than before. The color of your skin or the gender you are doesn't determine if you are guilty or not anymore. Everyone has their own opinion about what's fair and not far or what's right and wrong; this is where the law comes in. In the book Atticus doesn't think about the color of someone's skin determining if they're guilty or not. He looks at the amount of evidence they have, all throughout the book Atticus tries to teach his children that because he was defending Tom Robertson that everyone in the neighborhood wasn’t gonna like him defending Tom and that they all had their own opinion about the trial. Atticus didn’t want what someone said or thought to affect what the kids thought about him or Tom Robertson or what's right and