To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee three main quotes that teaches both Jem and Scout life lessons are “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (33) , “it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” (103), and “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them” (323). These quotes are simple yet have a deep hidden meaning behind it that takes a lot of thinking that both Scout and Jem have to learn that they can’t just assume things about people without really knowing them, and that you are not allowed to destroy an innocent person that has done nothing to you.

In the scene the quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (33) mainly

All they do is sing songs and enjoy their time of bieng a bird. They don’t try to kill things, they don’t destroy gardens, they don’t do anything bad. And all they can do is be innocent so there is no reason why mockingbirds should be shot down and killed. “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (103) isn’t only referring to the Mocking bird itself but he was referring to other people in the story, for example Boo Radley was an innocent man but was injured by the monstrous evil around him. But not only that later on in the book when we meet a man named Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is probably the one person that Atticus mainly focused on when he said “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (103) and tried to tell Scout and Jem multiple times this. However since Jem and Scout were still somewhat kids they didn’t catch on to this. But later on Scout and Jem may not have known that the quote had applied to Tom Robinson but they did catch on about how Tom was a innocent man but the other people around him are what made him seem like a monster for supposedly “raping” Mayella Ewell. When Scout and Jem had gone to the court case Reverend Sykes got seats with them to watch the court case. From the very beginning Scout and Jem knew that Tom Robinson had to win because it was so clearly obvious he was innocent. They knew that Atticus had every last piece of evidence to win and he also pointed out multiple times that the opposite side that was trying to prove Tom Robinson guilty was lying. Including the victim herself Mayella Ewell. When Atticus went on to say his speech he started off by saying “to use my remaining time with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one” (231). And it was true everyone knew that this case had an easy answer but people refused to believe the truth due to racism and that is where another