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To Kill A Mockingbird

“It’s a Sin To Kill a Mockingbird”

Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, one will observe that nearly every character is a mockingbird. The mockingbird symbolizes innocence and purity. To kill a mockingbird is to destroy that innocence. By the end of the book, every character’s mockingbird is murdered.

Even the first character you meet starts out as a mockingbird. ...

Dill is also a mockingbird. ...

Atticus is one of the few main characters that is not a mockingbird. ... Atticus is the conscience and the warden of the “mockingbirds” in To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

Arthur “Boo” Radley is another mockingbird. ... It is noticed by Scout that to hurt Arthur it is "sort of like shootin a mockingbird” (pg. ...

Tom Robinson is another example of a mockingbird. ... He is clearly innocent, but still, those around him must sin and kill this mockingbird. ... He was also a dead mockingbird.

The symbolism of the mockingbird is important because it helps create parallels and connections to almost all the characters. Without this theme, To Kill a Mockingbird would lose it’s title and one of the most important ideas. ... “It’s a Sin To Kill a Mockingbird”

Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, one will observe that nearly every character is a mockingbird.


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