When Atticus Finch tells his children, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), the mockingbird motif becomes apparent. ... However, the reader becomes aware that the mockingbird image is used extensively throughout the book. ... If mockingbirds do no harm, then persecuting Boo would truly be like killing a mockingbird. ... In both cases the mockingbirds create a feeling of suspense and foreboding. ... Like in the previous phrases, the use of the mockingbird creates an ominous atmosphere. ...

• Word Count: 938
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Trapped Mockingbirds "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... In many ways the mockingbird, of To Kill a Mockingbird, symbolizes two important characters and also the overall theme, prejudice. Jem's and Scout's mockingbird is the mysterious Boo Radley. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Boo Radley was the mockingbird of the neighborhood, but at the time, Tom was the mockingbird of the society. ...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the story to kill a mockingbird is a representation of innocents destroyed by evil, the "mockingbird" comes to represent the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. ... Most important, Miss Maudie explains to Jem, "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but ... sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... To bring him into the spotlight would be like killing a mockingbird, just as Scout very intelligently points out. ...

• Word Count: 372
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The mockingbird is a major symbol in this book. ... There are many symbols in To Kill a Mockingbird. In this story the mockingbird symbolizes Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. A mockingbird does nothing but sing beautiful music. ... Foreshadowing occurs many times during To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

• Word Count: 314
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

There are two main characters that symbolize the mockingbird. ... The mockingbird itself is symbolic of innocence. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This shows that mockingbirds are innocent. ... Killing a mockingbird would be like killing innocence. ...

• Word Count: 533
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Hate, poverty, violence and mockingbirds. ... He is pursued by Jem just as the mockingbird. ... In chapter 10 is when Tim Johnson makes his entrance and unfortunately his exit in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Unlike Tim Johnson, Tom Robinson plays a more major role in To Kill A Mockingbird. Tom has been yet another great character Lee utilized to symbolize innocence in reference to the mockingbird. ...

• Word Count: 1225
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scout connects Boo with a Mockingbird. ... Scout learns what a Mockingbird is, and who represents one. ... The understanding of the "Mockingbird" can bee seen in three steps. ... This "Mockingbird" is Arthur "Boo" Radley. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

• Word Count: 1057
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional novel by Harper Lee. ... The best passage in this book was, "Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... To Kill a Mockingbird is very suspense story, and full of excitement. ... To Kill a Mockingbird was a great book. ...

• Word Count: 656
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"To Kill a Mockingbird" The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch. ... The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is Depression era (early 1930s) Maycomb County, Mississippi. The point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird is that of Scout Finch, who serves as narrator. ... The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are prejudice, as illustrated by the town's attitudes about Tom Robinson and Boo Radley; the t...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, reflects racial discrimination in Southern America. When Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in the novel, gives his children rifles for Christmas, Scout recounts that he warns them: "Never point at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd j...

• Word Count: 843
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

When I initially heard that we were going to be reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" in my tenth grade English class, I didn't know what to expect. ... To Kill A Mockingbird has had an influence on me ever since I picked it up. To understand why this book influenced me, one must understand the book and know the underlying theme of "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... After reading To Kill A Mockingbird, having a voice against racism, discrimination, and judgment been one of the most rewarding practices in my life. ...

• Word Count: 615
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The most important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is the one of good and evil. ... The last major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is social structure. ... The mockingbird obviously has a lot of meaning in this book. The mockingbird symbolizes innocence therefore to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. ... Boo is possibly the most important mockingbird as he is more real than Tom Robinson. ...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In To Kill A Mockingbird, the main character, Scout, acts the same around everyone because she is just a little girl. ... Social interactionism can inform a reader of To Kill A Mockingbird by explaining the multiple personalities of the other characters in the story that Scout witnesses throughout the book. ... In conclusion, To Kill A Mockingbird is filled with examples of social interactionism. ... Social interactionism is a great critical lense to apply to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird....

• Word Count: 699
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... That Christmas which is spent at Finch's Landing, the family farm, they are given air rifles, but are told not to kill a mockingbird. It is explained to them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird as they only given humans pleasure by singing their heart out. ...

• Word Count: 747
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird features the story of a small family living through these times. ... In the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley was described as an infamous recluse of Maycomb. ... Each of the characters of To Kill A Mockingbird is very unique. ...

• Word Count: 558
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout "To Kill a Mockingbird" Jem see-saws between childhood and adolescence - at times has a wise head on young shoulders and at other times loses his cool. ... 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is a perfect book to use as an example to show what racism was in America in the 20's and 30's. ... He ages from 10 to 13 during the course of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and it is during this stage that Jem experiences many changes, in the society, and within himself. ...

• Word Count: 489
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" some characters were explained to be as outcasts. Walter Cunningham, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell are outcasts who nevertheless gain sympathy in "To Kill a Mockingbird". ...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

ToKill A Mockingbird Essay-the Music of Mocking Birds Miss Maudie explained to Scout why her father said it was a sin to kill a mockingbird this way. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Dill were all like the mockingbird described by Miss Maudie. ... Dill also is an example of a mockingbird. ... I have a friend who is a good example of a mockingbird. ...

• Word Count: 551
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is as much a story about principles as it is about parallels. Many references were made to mockingbirds, and how some people in the novel are like them. ... In the novel, Harper Lee uses the saying "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," to explain a lot of parts in the story. ... In this way the people are "killing a mockingbird." ... Using examples from the book To Kill a Mockingbird, I have tried to show how Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley are alike. ...

• Word Count: 704
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird Family To me, a family can have many different meanings. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, we are shown how several differently families live their lives, and we get some good examples of how some parents treat their children. ...

• Word Count: 825
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

" In "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, justice is definitely not served. ... Overall, in "To Kill a Mockingbird," justice is nonexistent, especially towards those who lack resources such as money, people who lack the right skin color, and people who are mentally unstable. ...

• Word Count: 703
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, tells a story about a young girl named Scout who learns a valuable lesson on the evil of prejudice, true courage, and not to judge others. ... Her symbolism of the mockingbird in the book depicts people such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, an interesting idea is prejudice. This idea is portrayed in many aspects of the novel, and is directed towards both groups and individuals in the Maycomb community. Prejudice is linked with the ideas of fear, superstition and injustice. It is i...

• Word Count: 521
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... That Christmas which is spent at Finch's Landing, the family farm, they are given air rifles, but are told not to kill a mockingbird. It is explained to them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird as they only given humans pleasure by singing their heart out. ...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Now the term "mocking bird" refers to a small bird that does no harm to anybody, all it does in the words of Miss Maudie is "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but ... sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ...

• Word Count: 654
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School