According to “To Kill A Mockingbird”, it is a sin to kill mockingbirds. From this statement, one can infer that there is metaphorical meaning behind it. For example, on pg 119 Miss Maudie adds to Atticus’s statement that “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” This shows that Miss Maudie and Atticus value the importance of life, especially innocent life such as a mockingbird’s. This also shows that this is a metaphor for Tom Robinson or the black community in Maycomb as they are innocent people but are being “killed” by the racism and inequalities of society. In addition, also on pg 119 Atticus states “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after …show more content…
This also supports that bluejays are creatures that are a nuisance to others and is fine to kill but mockingbirds are harmless, innocent creatures and killing them is wrong as they do nothing to harms others. Furthermore, on pg 100 and 101 Atticus and Scout have a conversation about the Tom Robinson case that goes like so, “If you shouldn’t be defendin’ him, then why are you doin’ it?” “For a number of reasons,“ said Atticus. “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” … “Atticus, are we going to win it?” “No, honey. “ “ Then why-” “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started no reason for us not to try to win,” Atticus said.” This proves that racism is a big issue in Maycomb as Atticus describes racism as ”Maycomb’s usual disease” and compares it to a “bitterness” pg