To Kill A Mockingbird Innocence Quotes

According to kill a mockingbird, mockingbirds represents a sense of innocence. In the book, Miss Maudie explains to scout, why to kill a mockingbird is a sin. She says, “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 do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” The examples of mockingbirds are Boo Radley, Jem, Scout, and Tom Robinson. Boo Radley is known as a monster. Everyone in the town of Maycomb fears him and he tends to get abused by others. Boo Radley represents a mockingbird because he is a kind, gentle, and a brave person who cares for the children. He is always leaving Jem and Scout gifts. The reason

This decision by the jury made Jem cry. Jem knows that it was wrong to find Tom Robinson guilty. In chapter 22, Jem is upset about the jury convicting Tom Robinson. Jem talks to Atticus about why he is feeling sad. Jem says to Atticus, “Tom Robinson wasn’t guilty in the first place and they said he was”. Atticus explains to Jem why the jury decided to convict Tom Robinson. He says that racism is taught and not something that you are born with. “In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.'" Atticus said this because he thinks that it is prejudice. He says that white hold all the power in the world and that the citizens of Maycomb are charging Tom Robinson of raping Mayella Ewell just because of the color of his skin. The reason why I think that Boo Radley represents a mockingbird is because boo Radley does nothing except showing kindness and leaves gifts for Jem and Scout. Boo Radley is misunderstood by everyone in the town of Maycomb. He was even treated poorly by his family. When Boo was a teenager, he and some friends got into trouble and was about to be sent to a reformatory. Mr. Radley said that it would be an embarrassment to the family, so he locked Boo away in the Radley house until he became an adult. When Mr. Radley died, Boo’s older brother, Nathan took charge in the

Jem learns about bravery from Atticus when he faced a mad dog, when Dill says that Jem is too scared to put his toe in the Radley's front yard. Eventually, Dill makes a bet with Jem saying that he can't touch the Radley house. Jem was scared but he overcame that fear and ran up and touched the house. when scout confronted the mob who was after Atticus and Tom Robinson, and from Mrs. Dubose's fight with addiction. Jem also showed his bravery when Bob Ewell attacked Him and Scout, he tries to protect his little sister from getting