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Symbolism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Colin Green Ms.Surunis MYP Academic English 9, B7 January 9, 2023 The chifferobe represents private space. They exist to hold secrets and intimacy quite literally undergarments and other personal items.They are mentioned a lot in southern stories as an important symbol.In the story Lee uses the chifferobe to show the intimate relationship wanted by mayella that would not be accepted by society.Harper Lee intentionally uses the symbol a chifferobe as front for hiding a forbidden relationship that Mayella has with Tom to show how people in society have to hide aspects of their life to be accepted by society.In TKAM Mayella has a relationship with Tom that she has to hide or she will not be accepted by society. In the book Mayella offers Tom …show more content…

“I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in that house all this time It's because he wants to stay inside. Lee 304” Boo Radly stayed in his house all those years because he doesn't like the people of Maycomb because they are racists and they make assumptions so he would rather just stay inside and avoid it all. “To my way of thinking Mr.Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this whole town a great service and dragging him into the limelight.” The reason Heck is saying this is because he knows why Boo wants to stay inside and why he saved Jem and understands he wants to stay out of the town's eyes. To reiterate what has been said throughout the paragraph we learned how the chifferobe has many meanings and how it shows the relationships and problems faced by some of the people in Maycomb. Harper Lee intentionally uses the symbol a chifferobe as front for hiding a forbidden relationship that Mayella has with Tom to show how people in society have to hide aspects of their life to be accepted by society.In TKAM Mayella has a relationship with Tom that she has to hide or she will not be accepted by society. To bring this all together the author used the chifferobe to represent people and their relationships. Throughout the story The chifferobe represents the relationship Mayella has with Tom and how it must be kept secret or the people of society won't accept them. One important thing that is brought out by the chifferobe is the true

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