To Kill A Mockingbird
In to kill a mockingbird by famous author harper lee, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Atticus Finch were used as Mockingbirds. Tom Robinson was bashed and accused of raping a white girl named mayella. In the book to kill a mockingbird symbolism is a literary device where the author used an object to stand for an idea. Mayella is a nineteen year old girl, Her mother died when she was younger. Her father Bob Ewell was an alcoholic who only drunk whiskey. Her family is known as trash and poor, Mayella has several siblings, most of them were her children. Mayella's father raped and beat her, That is the situation that makes mayella a mockingbird. As mayella said ¨i never kissed a man
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Tom went around the yard and seen it was nothing that needed work. Mayella then told tom it was a door off the hendges inside, Tom walked in and seen it was nothing wrong with the door at all. Mayella then told tom to get a box from off the top of a chifferobe. Tom got on a chair to grab it and mayella suddenly grabbed him and he jumped off the chair, Mayella grabbed tom and kissed him then told him to kiss her back. Mayella saved up seven nickels just to get alone and send the kids for ice cream to be with tom by herself. Mayella's father yelled through the window “i'm gonna kill you¨, Tom ran out the house and Bob ewell made mayella turn the story on tom in court and say he beat and raped her. In court tom said “she kind of jumped on me, then kissed me¨, This shows that tom is a mockingbird because he is lied on and accused of raping mayella, shot 17 times all because mayella's father made her lie to keep him out of trouble. Another mockingbird harper lee uses is Atticus finch. Atticus is a lawyer who has two kids named scout and jem. Atticus and his family are poor but not as poor as the ewell family. He is a