The mockingbird is the dominant motif of the novel. Mockingbird is a type of songbird. Throughout the novel, the mockingbird represented the innocences. The first character to use the symbolism is Atticus, "... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". Miss Maudie agreed with Atticus's metaphor. "Mockingbird don't do one thing, but make music for us to enjoy, " this quote explain how the innocences are usually the poeple who helps others to live a happier life. However, there are always hunters in the woods that shoot these lovely bird, despite the fact that it will not bother them. Characters like Tom Robision and Arthur (Boo) Radley are the main target for prejudice, similar to mockingbird being hunted down without any reasonable explanation. Thus, the …show more content…
Arthur (Boo) Radley is the neighbour of the Finch sibling and Aticus Finch. He been locked in his house for over a decade. A lonely man who never comes out of his house after a certain incident. There are various unpleasant rumours of Boo going around town. Thus, children are always making various horror stories of Boo based from the rumours around town. The Finch sibling are always very curious about Boo's existence, especially their best friend Charles Baker Harris (Dill), because they lived next door to the Radley. Later in the story, the Finch sibling have a small interaction with him, Arthur would put different things in the tree as gifts to the sibling. In the end, the sibling recieved two soap dolls, an old watch and a blanket during fire of Mirs. Maudie's house. Arthur gave the Finch sibling gifts, because it was a way for him to thank the children for giving him a reason or hope to live his life by walking out of their house everyday. At the end of