One of the main questions in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is "who is the mockingbird?" Atticus states that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, since they do nothing besides sing for us. The mockingbird is representative of many of the characters in the book, which is the genius of it. Your opinion of who the mockingbird might be is probably different from many other people's interpretation. Some say that Scout is the mockingbird, since all she causes no harm to anybody. Others say that it's Tom Robinson, a man that was accused of a crime he did not commit. In my opinion, the mockingbird is Boo Radley, the introverted "madman" who scares all the children in Maycomb County. He is described as a psychopath who poisons children, watches people sleep, and stabs people in the leg with scissors, when in reality, all he does is stay in his house, not bothering anyone, occasionally stepping in to take action. Some examples of this are when he gives Jem and Scout a blanket while they are in sitting and watching someone's house burn down, when he leaves the various trinkets in the tree, and when he stops Bob Ewell from murdering Jem and Scout. He does all of this, but is still thought of as a crazy guy. He is representative of the mockingbird because he is very unselfish, causing no trouble for anyone and only asking for his solitude as a reward. His protection is the equivalent to the mockingbird's "singing". He is the mockingbird because of all that he does for the children and the town.
Kawika A.
3/13/2015 02:06:41 am
It was pretty hard to find out who the "mockingbird" was in the story, because so many people had such innocence inside them. Tom Robinson got killed because of the unfair trial, Boo Radley is looked upon as a dangerous creep, and Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell.
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