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Examples Of Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Scout and Jem receive airguns for Christmas, Atticus forewarns the children. Mockingbirds are not pests, but represent goodness and innocence. In agreement with their father, Miss Maudie replies. Tom Robinson is a human representation of the mockingbird, where he was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, but was innocent of the crime. Despite the evidence which proved Tom’s incapability of the crime, Maycomb sentences him to death. Consequentially, killing Tom Robinson was a sin committed by Maycomb. Another example of a mocking bird is Boo Radley. He is an innocent and a gentle and harmless man who is portrayed as a monster by society. Even though he saves Jem and Scout from the wrath of Bob Ewell by accidentally killing him, Atticus explained
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