Block 3 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I finished the book. This book was about two innocent kids and their friend learning the way of the world, with the help of their father, Calpurnia and other people they learn that not everything in the world is like they imagen. In this journal I will be evaluating.
I am evaluating the symbol of the mockingbird. I believe that one symbol that represent the mockingbird is Boo Radley. Everybody in Maycomb thought that Boo and his family were strange and scary. Nobody knew who they were because nobody talked to them or nobody invited them into their house. When Boo Radley saves Jem her life, Scout soon realises that Boo Radley is just a folk like her and there was no need to be afraid of him. Like Atticus tells
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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” (Lee). Another symbol that I think symbolises the mockingbird is Tom Robinson. Tom robinson is in trial for his life for something that he did not do. He had to fight for his innocents and Atticus is by his side helping him. The white people though that he was guilty just because his skin color was not the same as them. They thought that because he was black he was not telling the truth. Tom Robinson was so tired of the white people calling him names and not believing him that he decided to run away and that is when his life ended. In summary, I believe that Boo and Tom are symbols that symbolizes the mockingbird. These two men are caring and nice. They are innocent and they both try to tell people that they are not guilty or bad. In the book Atticus tell Jem and Scout “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee), soon they realised what his father meant by saying this when they