To Kill A Mockingbird Symbolism Essay

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Comparing characters in novels to actual real life people or things can be popular amongst authors and sometimes not always intentional. It is called symbolism. I chose this as my topic because I think it happens to be one of the most important parts of a novel because it allows for readers to compare the characters to things. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, symbolism can be shown through the mockingbird.
I believe that the person who best represents the mockingbird is Tom Robinson. The reason why is because of the three points of the mockingbird which are, They do not do any harm, they sing to the people, and it is a sin to kill them. My first example of the symbolic mockingbird happens when Mayella did not answer questions …show more content…
At the end of the trial the jury said him to be guilty. The entire jury claimed him guilty even though evidence supported otherwise. A certain scene in the novel shows how easily others were affected by the decision, “I peeked at Jem: his hand were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each ‘guilty’ was a separate stab between them.” I chose this because the jury was completely unfair and there was no way that the whole jury could have honestly claimed him guilty. After that he was sent back to the jail where he had tried to escape. During his attempted escape,the guards shot him seventeen times. The amount of times that they shot him made it important because it was completely unnecessary and the guards did not care about another life. “Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn’t have to shoot him that much,” When Atticus says this it affects many other people as well because they were very shocked. Overall it shows how if people already resent a person in trial it does not make for a fair trial. The character Tom Robinson is the symbolic mockingbird in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He was treated unfairly even though his innocence could be proven and others refused to believe that. He had done nothing wrong but the white jury couldn't see the evidence as they were blinded by a darker skin
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