Summary Of Chapter 8 To Kill A Mockingbird

A Mockingbird is an elongated tail like songbird. Instead of having a unique call of their own they mimic other birds or sounds. What is the true meaning of a mockingbird? This bird gives off beauty and pure innocence, they are harmless to anyone; this bird reflects some characters in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. This story takes place in a time period of three years when the Great Depression was happening. Many events and characters in this book portray a mockingbird because of the harmless and innocence ways.

The first section of the book which is Chapter seven is when it shows Boo Radley depicting a mockingbird. Days after the incident of the shotgun Jem finally speaks up about what happened that night. “‘When I went back for my breeches

In the previous chapter soon after they find other presents in the tree, they realize the knothole in the tree has been filled up with cement. When Jem asks Mr. Nathan Radley why he filled the whole he told Jem it was because the tree was dying. He later asks Atticus if he thought the tree was dying and that’s when he said the tree seemed healthy to him. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Scout states, that Jem stood outside until the night came upon them while she waited for him. When he went inside the home she noticed his tear stained cheeks although she thought it was strange that she didn’t hear him cry (Lee). Scout doesn’t realize that the reason Jem was crying was because Mr. Nathan Radley filled the knothole out of pure evil. Jem was upset at this whole thing but only hid his feelings. In chapter eight is when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire. During the fire, Scout was so involved at what was happening that she didn’t realize someone draped a blanket over her. Jem then realizes Boo put the blanket on Scout and tells Atticus about everything. “‘… Mr. Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus, an‘ he did it to stop findin’ things – he’s crazy, I reckon, like they say, but Atticus, I swear to God he ain’t ever harmed us, he ain’t ever hurt us, he coulda cut my throat from ear to ear that night but he tried to mend my pants instead… he ain’t ever hurt us, Atticus – ’” (Lee). It was in this moment that Jem lost

When Atticus is talking to Jem about why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, he’s only trying to explain why people do the things they do. In an article it claimed, “Atticus symbolizes logical thinking; he is able to act on the right thing while still trying to keep the peace in the small town he loves. His upstanding morality is characterized by a lack of pride, in stark contrast to Bob Ewell (we see this when his own children don't even know he's a perfect shot, for example). As he instructs Scout and Jem on the proper ways to behave, he symbolizes a teacher for all of the novel's readers as well” (Cook). Atticus always cared about Jem and Scout out of pure innocence which makes him symbolize a mockingbird. The author was only trying to show us readers to know what comparison to make to the characters. This whole book is very symbolic in a way that everything has its own