Harper Lee uses the progression of the mockingbird references to show how rumors are dangerous because the can alter the view on one’s life. In to kill a mockingbird, Boo Radley is a mystery to the town of Maycomb. Boo Radley has several rumors about him circulating the town. According to Miss Stephanie,”Boo Radley was sitting in the living room cutting some items from the Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities” (Lee 12). When Scout heard this rumor she believed it, she is a young and at first was a product of the usual disease. Boo Radley is unknown to Miss Stephanie, and when people do not know something that is how rumors are formed. Boo Radley has stayed inside for fifteen years, no one can know the real truth. It was “Maycomb’s usual …show more content…
When Jem and Scout receive their air rifles for Christmas, Atticus tells them “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. Scout goes to Miss Maudie to ask why, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their their hearts out for us. That’s is why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 103). Boo Radley can be referenced to mockingbirds. He did several things for Scout and Jem and never harmed anyone. He brought unknowing sourced joy to the children. No one can ever see Boo as a mockingbird because of the rumors attached to him. He can’t ever fly high since these rumors are heavy weights holding him back. Boo Radley is depicted as a monster, but he is just a giving man who likes to do good things in the shadows. Rumors restrain the view of Boo Radley’s greatness. Scout finds a cure to “Maycomb's usual disease”, rumors are dangerous, do not listen to