Symbols In To Kill A Mockingbird

The symbol of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a mockingbird. The Mockingbird represents the characters whose innocence have been tainted by evil doings throughout the story. The mockingbirds are the ones who do nothing to hurt people but make others around them happy. The symbol explains the theme and helps us understand who the mockingbirds in the novel are. I believe that the symbol, mockingbird, explains how it operates and what it displays about the characters or theme of the book as a whole.

Throughout the story, you are introduced with a variety of characters, but there are certain ones who stick out. They are known as the mockingbirds; they are the innocent ones who have been hurt physically or emotionally in the novel. For instance, Tom Robinson, he was accused for raping and beating Mayella Ewell. This reveals, Tom Robinson is accused of something that he didn’t do. For example, it says in chapter eighteen, that someone left handed struck her on the right side of her face but Tom Robinson’s left arm was

For instance, Boo Radley is another one of the mockingbirds in the story; he is a recluse who was emotionally damaged by his sadistic father as a child. This means, Boo Radley was tarnished by his late father’s evil doings when he was little and now he is traumatized by the events .Also, Boo starts a relationship with Jem and Scout by leaving treasures and gifts in a tree for them to find, but that was stopped when his brother, Nathan Radley, plugged up the hole where the presents were to be found. As you can see, his brother is now doing the things his father did and it’s not helping. The symbol helps us understand the theme more; once we know who the mockingbirds are it makes the theme more distinct than what it seems to be. The symbol works as a representation of the pure characters in the