Symbolism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Jenifer Barrios
English 9
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

Do you know what a Mockingbird symbolizes? A mockingbird is someone or something that is innocent and does no harm. The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, has very little connection to the plot “To Kill a Mockingbird” is to destroy innocence. In this novel, there are a number of characters that can symbolize a mockingbird, but the two major characters are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Atticus told his children “remember that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Killing an innocent creature like a mockingbird is against the man's’ law. Like the bird, Tom Robinson is an innocent creature. Tom was only aiming to help other people and being a hard working man when Tom was young,