In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about a town full of racism, hatred, and stubbornness, with a case about a black man allegedly raping a white girl through the eyes of a little girl named Scout, with the adventures she has with her brother Jem and her friend Dill. It illiterates the existence of good and evil characters using symbolism, imagery, and situational irony.
First, symbolism is an important part in this novel. In the novel ,Atticus states that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. You can relay this to the title and to Tom Robinson’s trial. When you break it down it means the death of innocence. In the story, Tom was killed and he was innocent in the raping of a white girl. Three witnesses made up stories to put Tom into jail because, the white girl’s father, Bob Ewell, saw his daughter, Mayella, who kissed Tom. This lead to her father beating her, forcing her to make up a story. He was found guilty, he was going to appeal but was shot trying to escape.
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One example is Boo Radley. Jem describes the stereotype of Boo, this description of Boo is extremely vivid. They say that he has sharp teeth, blood stains on his hands from feeding off of animals, he’s tall, and scrawny. The three kids were very curious about what Boo was like. People believe that he a bad guy because he allegedly stabbed his dad in the leg with a pair of scissors , but he’s a good character and saves Jem and Scouts life from Bob Ewell trying to get back at Atticus for making a fool out of him in front of the town. Another example is Atticus. Scout describes him as a reader and many other things, she also believes he is a good and just man, this makes people believe that he is a good man, which he