How Is Atticus Finch Innocent

Atticus Finch said that “..it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(119) because they don’t do anything harmful or bothersome. They do nothing but make music for the people to enjoy, and so they don’t deserve to be killed. These traits have equivalents in humans. Where a mockingbird sings, a human does good deeds. Where a mockingbird does nothing bad, a human is innocent. This mockingbird is a symbol that is in no way nebulous during the story, and that can be represented by various characters throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, mainly Jem Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley.

Tom Robinson is like a mockingbird because he innocently helps Mayella with her chores for nothing but the sake of helping, he is a hard and

He is an innocent (but prejudiced against) man, he saves the Finch kids from Bob Ewell, and he makes sure Scout does not get cold outside on the night of the fire. After the trial of Tom Robinson, during which Atticus had thoroughly discredited Bob Ewell, Bob told Atticus that he’d “get him” This took the form of him attacking Atticus’s children, Jem and Scout when they were walking alone at night. Bob’s goal was to kill, and he would have succeeded had it not been for Arthur. Radley intervened, and killed Bob Ewell to return Jem and Scout safely back to Atticus. “‘Thank you for my children, Arthur,’”(370) This is one example of the good things that Arthur does. Another good thing he does which emphasizes the connection between him and a mockingbird is when he gives Scout a blanket on the night of the fire. “‘You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.’” (96) During Maycomb County’s first true winter in decades, the Finches’ neighbor Miss Maudie’s house catches fire in the middle of the night. The whole neighborhood including Scout and Jem go out to watch and help clear important articles out of her house. The fact that it is winter, makes it certain that the weather will be cold while the neighborhood is outside. However, Boo kindly gives up his own blanket to make sure Scout will not be cold. This good deed establishes that Arthur, like a mockingbird

He reads to Mrs. Dubose, he is unfairly targeted by Bob Ewell, and he is negatively impacted by the trial of Tom Robinson even though he was not entirely involved. To begin with, Jem reads to Mrs. Dubose, which helps her overcome her morphine addiction. Mrs Dubose is a cantankerous old lady, who gets on Jem’s bad side causing him to tear up her flowers. As a punishment, Mrs. Dubose makes him come and read to her everyday. “‘Jeremy Finch, I told you you’d lived to regret tearing up my camellias.’” (146) It is not until after she dies does Jem learn that his reading had helped her become free of her addiction. Like a mockingbird, he does good for others. However, it takes him time to become one, as shown by the fact that he had first destroyed Mrs. Dubose’s flowers. He is also comparable to the mockingbird because he is unfairly harmed by Bob Ewell. After the trial, where he was shown in a bad light, he had a grudge against anyone connected with it. He had bothered Tom’s wife, and the Judge, but only when he thought the house was empty. This shows that he is cowardly, and as Sheriff Tate said, “‘...so do you think he’da met you to your face in daylight?’”(361) This cowardice led to Bob going after Jem and Scout, even though Atticus had discredited him, and the children didn’t do anything. This puts Jem in a position like a mockingbird because the bird doesn’t do anything wrong,