" "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if u can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" "(Lee 90), Harper Lee wrote. The author is showing how it is extremely sinful to kill a mockingbird. Different characters in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee are symbolized as "mockingbirds". ... Mayella hesitates to answer simple question showing that she was not sure what to say. ... Finally, Harper Lee shows that there are three mockingbirds in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Arthur Radley, and Mayella Ewell. ...

• Word Count: 675
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird are both literary classics that prove Hersey's statement to be true. ... This theme adds to the play's power because the question of fate is still debated today. ... The themes in To Kill A Mockingbird are part of what makes the novel the powerful work of literature it is. ... "To kill a mockingbird" was considered a sin. ... In analyzing Macbeth and To Kill A Mockingbird, John Hersey's statement is proven true. ...

• Word Count: 1104
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

For example, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird takes the reader on a journey of exploring the moral nature of human beings and discovering what it is that makes people the combination of good and evil that they are. ... This conflict brings up many questions about the moral values of those in Maycomb. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird shows the reader that no person is only good or only evil, but a combination of the two. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School