In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses symbolism to express the idea of innocence isn’t all about the personality of a person, but their reactions to situations. Even though the title doesn’t really have anything to do with the book it is very symbolic to the plot. Throughout the book there are many who are some of the most innocent people in the story but have been put through so much that they can’t do anything about it anymore. Tom Robinson a negro man is being accused of raping Mayella Ewell a white woman so much that he ends up getting killed for being pushed over the edge. And Boo Radley has been locked away in his house for almost his whole life and has had some rude stories made up about him by the people of Maycomb County. “Tom had been given due process of law to the day of his death; he had been tried openly and convicted by twelve good men and true; my father had fought for him all the way. Then Mr. Underwood's …show more content…
Bob Ewell had attacked Jem and Scout while they were walking home and Boo saw that his friends were helpless so he went to help them. Jem was already on the ground when Boo came to help and Scout couldn’t help because she couldn’t see anything due to her costume. Boo had stabbed Bob Ewell with a knife and had killed him to help his friends. Boo then had grabbed Jem and carried him to his home so he could be taken care of. Then when Sheriff Tate had investigated how Bob Ewell had gotten stabbed by Boo, but he didn’t arrest him because Boo did that to help Jem and Scout avoid death and instead said Bob Ewell had sat on his knife. Boo Radley can be seen as a mockingbird because he helped Jem and Scout enjoy their lives by avoiding to get killed by Bob Ewell even tough when Boo stabbed Mr. Ewell it wasn’t completely innocent, but it was for the right