To Kill A Mockingbird Tabulated Quotes

A few years ago, Mashable, a digital media website, created a list of the 13 Most Memorable Quotes from Famous Classic Novels, among which they included Harper Lee’s distinguished book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The quote Mashable tabulated was one said by dear Miss Maudie when addressing young Scout, “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Incidentally, Harper Lee’s novel contains many circumstances of inequities that accurately portray the awful consequences similar to that of killing such a pure creature as the mockingbird. Many incidents in To Kill a Mockingbird provoke injustice such as Miss Caroline’s treatment toward Scout, Miss Lula’s unpleasant attitude, and Mayella’s false

Scout faces her beautiful teacher’s arbitrary accusations, beginning her education in Miss Caroline’s bad graces. Scout describes the incident, saying, “I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste” (Lee, 18). Following Miss Caroline’s realization of Scout’s literacy, the teacher commanded her to inform her father not to teach her to read anymore. Scout felt betrayed and hurt because she loved reading and did not think that being educated was wrong despite Miss Caroline’s disdain for it. Education has endured as one of the most valuable assets a person can have, especially at a young age, and Miss Fisher’s antipathy toward it proves

The fear of her father and her nervousness clouded her judgement and, seemingly, she desired the jury’s pity. Mayella addressed Atticus, saying, “Won’t answer a word you say long as you keep on mockin’ me.” At Atticus’ puzzled expression, “Mayella looked from under lowered eyelids at Atticus, but she said to the judge: “Long’s he keeps on callin’ me ma’am and sayin’ Miss Mayella. I don’t hafta take his sass, I ain’t called upon to take it” (207). Bob Ewell’s oldest daughter knew exactly what had happened between herself and Tom Robinson, and essentially, she was completely aware that Atticus might be able to wheedle the truth from her. Her courage disappeared with every question Atticus put forth, and she began accusing him of disrespect toward her. Her clever manipulation of the incident caused the judge to snap at her, informing her, contrarily, of Atticus’ politeness. The threat Mr. Finch posed toward Mayella with his cunning way of detecting the truth generated Miss Ewell’s abhorrent attitude giving yet another incident of injustice in To Kill a