Three Little Birds “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” -Atticus Finch on page 117 of To Kill a Mockingbird. This is a quote from the worldwide known book To Kill a Mockingbird which was written by Harper Lee. It is believed that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because all mockingbirds do is sing; therefore, they have no justified reason to be killed. Nelle Harper Lee decided to use the phrase “to kill a mockingbird” as the title of her novel because of the various times that it relates to the book. There are three characters in the book that are symbolized as “mockingbirds” which is why she chose this phrase to be the title. To start, the first relation to the phrase “to kill a mockingbird” is firmly pointed to Tom Robinson. Tom is like a mockingbird because he was wrongfully imprisoned and killed simply because of his race. Tom was just being a good samaritan by helping Mayella Ewell out and just because his skin color it led to his death. Every sole in the courtroom knew Tom was innocent but people separated themselves from their conscious and wanted him imprisoned because he was black and he couldn't do a thing about it. All mockingbirds try to do is please people with their music and Tom was just trying to …show more content…
Boo is an innocent man who has been put under so much superstition because of rumors. Boo Radley is more of a “saved mockingbird” because it wasn’t explicitly stated that Boo killed Bob Ewell but everyone knew he did. Boo’s case is about perspective, in most people's point of view Boo wasn’t in the wrong for killing Mr. Ewell. He was just ending the suffering on the kids and bringing justice to Tom’s case. The sheriff twisted his words so no one would state that Boo murdered Bob Ewell even when Scout pointed that he did it. He didn’t want to have another setting where an innocent person is killed for doing the right