The poem does this with the work of symbolism. When it says,¨Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,¨(2), it is using great symbolism to describe the southern way of life. The use of the term ¨blood¨ is used to show the corruption and hatred in the South dripping on the metaphorical ¨leaves¨. The ¨leaves¨ are the older residents of the south whose ¨blood¨ is dripping on the roots of the tree. The roots of the tree is used to symbolize the young and youthful of the South and how they aren't born racist and hateful, but are raised that way from the older people, the ¨leaves¨. The poem, ¨Strange Fruit¨, also does this by his use of tone. When it says, ¨And the sudden smell of burning flesh!¨ (8), the mood turns to one of depression. The use of the term ¨burning flesh¨ is being used to influence the reader's attitude to where the reader feels bad for the blacks as they are being lynched. Also, when the poem says, ¨Here is a strange and bitter crop.¨(12), this shows how the author thinks that …show more content…
It is expressed in To Kill a Mockingbird by Scout when she is explaining to Atticus how it's wrong how they treat Tom Robinson. This same tone is present in ¨Strange Fruit¨ when it describes the body as a strange fruit for a tree. The same message is clear from both prose’ saying how racism is bad and terrible, but using different means to do so. They also use symbolism to express their thoughts. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are both used as “mockingbirds” in the story when it is stating how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Symbolism is also used in “Strange Fruit” to represent the corrupting of children through the hateful actions of the adults by using blood to symbolize the hatred and it is dripping from the leaves, the adults, onto the roots of the tree, the children. Both To Kill a Mockingbird and “Strange Fruit” convey what is hidden under the veil of the South but in