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The Theme Of Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Harper Lee uses mockingbirds to show how, slowly, people are forced to face the harsh truth of reality. Here the mockingbird represents innocence, and killing a mockingbird is when innocence is lost. Many characters could “be a mockingbird,” one of which being Tom Robinson. He was always kind to Mayella, but when she tried to reciprocate the kindness he was accused of rape. he was even convicted for it, despite perfect evidence for his case. This is when he saw the world as it really is, prejudiced, losing his innocence, and his life. But the best example of this would be Boo Radley. This is shown after Bob Ewell’s death when Scout says “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” (Lee, 370). Here the mockingbird is Boo
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