So, who is the symbolic mockingbird? Later in the book, Scout explains to Atticus that hurting their reclusive neighbor Boo Radley would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird. Finch, the last name of Scout, Jem, and Atticus, is a small bird.
Like mockingbirds, they are also songbirds. Is Tom Robinson, the black man accused of sexually assaulting a white woman, a bird as well? While Tom is innocent, I do not think of him as having the same innocence as the children or Boo.
As a black man in depression-era Alabama, I'm sure Tom could teach me quite a bit. Sadly, we don't learn that much about his life beyond the trial. Critics have said Lee did not give the book's black characters enough agency or backstory. I hope Tom wasn't meant to be the mockingbird Miss Maudie describes to Scout because, consciously or subconsciously, her words evoke old black minstrel stereotypes depicting African Americans as happy-go-lucky and singing a song without a care in the world.
The Tom I imagine isn't a stereotype. He lives a full life. I wonder what he might tell us that our narrator, young Scout, does not know. When I think of To Kill a Mockingbird , the bird that comes to mind is not a mockingbird at all. It is the proverbial canary in the coal mine another one of those phrases we don't think about very much. The treatment of Tom and Boo as they face the spoken and unspoken dictates of Maycomb gives life to the stock image of the canary.
Boo Radley is an example as there were many bad rumors going on about him. The specific word choice of fate means that Claggart had already been determined to apprehend Billy and in turn sabotage him for mutiny. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird the writer attests to how prejudice can affect the relationship between blacks and whites. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in 's Maycomb, Alabama, gives example of a white lawyer, raising his two children with the help of Calpurnia, a black maid, and Aunt Alexandra.
Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses allusions to help the reader to understand the setting, and irony to show character and develop theme. This refers to the Civil War in , which gives the reader an estimated time period of which the book took place in, also relating to the segregation.
The symbol of this book is a mockingbird. The symbol is used in the book as a metaphor because it compares two of the main characters to the mockingbird because the two characters are harmless towards others but they took away the life of one of the most innocent people and it compares because they said taking away his life is like taking away the life of a mockingbird.
While all works of literature do not utilize symbolism, many authors link symbols with events, settings, or characters in order to develop a more powerful understanding behind the characters of a story. After reading successful literary works, the symbolic meaning of the work remains with the reader.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee achieves success by creating the characters Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch as symbols to coalesce the themes of morality, ethics, and morality in her famous Pulitzer Prize winning book. What is the significance of the gifts Boo Radley leaves in the knothole? Why does the jury find Tom guilty? What role does Calpurnia play in the family and in the novel? Why is Dill an important character?
What does Mrs. Dubose teach Scout and Jem? Why does Dolphus Raymond hide Coca-Cola in a brown paper bag? Why does Mayella Ewell lie on the witness stand? What qualities make Atticus a good father?
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