Boo Radley is also another great example of a “mockingbird” because no accepts him throughout the town which forces him to hide in his home. He had rumors spread about him how that he was a bad guy. But he was nothing but kind to the children and even saved their lives (Dave). Tom Robinson is the perfect character example of innocence in this novel. This man is being charged with a crime he did not even commit, yet was tried and convicted as guilty when he had nothing to do with crime; except with being at the wrong place at the wrong time and the color of his skin.
They do not do anything that is destructive. Atticus says to Jem, “I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee 90) When Atticus says this to Jem, he means to not kill anything because it is not right to kill an innocent creature. Then Miss Maudie says “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.
They're ugly, but those are the facts of life” (295). From the very beginning of the trial, the jury was going to find Tom Robinson guilty since it was a black man's word against a white man’s word. The all-white jury never wanted to see a black person win against a white person. After he is found guilty, Tom is sent to a prison where he tries to escape but is shot to death by the prison guards. Mr. Underwood writes an editorial in which he compares Tom being shot to death to hunters shooting mockingbirds.
The mockingbird is used to symbolize innocence. A mockingbird is a harmless bird whose main goal is to make the world more pleasant by copying the music of other birds. In chapter 10, Atticus tells Jem,”I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (pg. 119) In that same chapter, Miss Maudie elaborates by saying “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.
This is where we see the first connection between Boo's story and Toms because Tom Robinson is also a Mockingbird Figure. We know that Tom Robinson was found guilty to the charge of Rape to Mayella Ewell. This happened even though there was no evidence whatsoever to say that Tom did it, and plenty to say that he was in fact totally innocent. Also Tom in the trial shows how caring and honest he is when he says, " I felt right sorry for her." This was a huge mistake by Tom as a black man feeling sorry for a
It is evident that Arthur "Boo" Radley is a free innocent man. The supposed monster of the community has risen out of his quiet domain to save the children. Bob Ewell was looking to do lethal harm and his plan has been thwarted. Officer Tate understood Boo's reputation around the community and decided to hush Mr. Ewell's death to stop future implications. Hard work does not come from anywhere and putting an innocent man in the box would be wasting community resources and time.
"Atticus said to Jem one day, 'I 'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you 'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it 's a sin to kill a mockingbird. '"That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it." 'Your father 's right, ' she said. 'Mockingbirds don 't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.
Atticus doesn’t want to teach them how to shoot the air rifles, but he gives them one rule to follow: do not kill mockingbirds. Later Scout, the main character, is told by Miss Maudie about how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they are innocent and they don't do anything to anyone. Throughout this story, there are several characters who are portrayed as mockingbird figures. Jem, Scout, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley all fit the symbol of a mockingbird because they all start off innocent but are later changed dramatically by the brokenness of the world. The first mockingbird figures are the Finch children, Jem and Scout.
In this case Tom Robinson is nothing but a mockingbird as he did nothing but help the Ewell family but still he got taken to court for a crime he didn 't even commit and shouldn 't have been imprisoned for. These are the main things scout and jem learn from Atticus. When Atticus is at the court and is working on Tom Robinson, case a black field worker, he is accused of raping and beating Mayella Ewell. At first Atticus points out three strong points in chapter 20. The first is to find out the truth of what happened that night at Mayella 's house.
Tom Robinson is one of the novel’s “mockingbirds”, he is innocent but he was falsely convicted of rape and got killed. In a court, black man had never won over a white person. Tom Robinson, a black man was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, Mr. Ewell’s daughter. Atticus defends Tom Robinson because he had been appointed to defend for him, but it is also because of his morals. “Mr.