How Does Lee Show Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

The Innocence in Society Mockingbirds are innocent birds. They don’t do anything but fly and explore, they even sing. So why do people harm them ? Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird discusses politics, civil rights, prejudice, injustice and racism. Through the perspective of characters Jem and Scout, she demonstrates and discusses many events and situations occurring during the Great Depression and how they see society through major characters such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson who demonstrate major concerns during the time period such as prejudice, injustice, civil rights and racism. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates that Tom Robinson and Boo Radley could be symbolic to the mockingbird.

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For instance, when Scout was home after her encounter with Bob Ewell she wondered who rescued Jem: “I thought Atticus had come to help us and had got wore out-”. “Who was it ?’’ Why there he is, Mr.Tate, he can tell you his name .... “ Hey Boo,” I said” (Lee 272). This action indicates how Boo Radley is harmless by saving Jem from Boo Ewell. For instance Boo Radley could have joined in and help Bob Ewell by harming Jem and Scout but instead he helped them. Boo choose to help Jem therefore he is innocent. When Jem went back to get his pants back from the Radley place, he found his pants tangled on the fence: “ When I went back for all my breeches- they were all in a tangle when I was gettin’ out of em, I couldn’t get em loose. When I went back, they were folded across the fence …. Like they were expectin’ me” (Lee 63). This action represents how Boo Radley is kind by returning Jem’s pants to him. This statement also indicates how Boo obviously doesn’t mean no harm to Jem by demonstrating kindness by returning his pants. Lastly it represents his innocence since he had the option of ruining his pants or he could have done something else to his pants, but he choose not to, he decided to just give it back to Jem. For Boo Radley society is the bluejay, since society easily accepted Boo’s reputation as cruel and aggressive from his past events in the text. Overall Boo Radley could be symbolic to the