To Kill a Mockingbird is as much a story about principles as it is about.
Many references were made to mockingbirds, and how some people in.
the novel are like them. In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" in my opinion the.
author had a special purpose in mind when she wrote the characters of Tom.
Robinson, and Aurthur "Boo" Radley, and the title. Throughout this essay, I.
will explore the relationship between the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo.
Radley.
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. A good example of this is when the people.
of Maycomb convict Tom Robinson, who is just an innocent man was going about his.
business and is basically being charged for being black. In this way the people.
are "killing a mockingbird." What is meant by this is that when during the novel.
Atticus says to Jem and Scout, that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because.
they never do anything to hurt anyone, the same way that poor Tom Robinson never.
did but was being charged none the less. In the same way, if the Sheriff had.
have told the truth that Boo had killed Bob Ewell, it would have caused a lot of.
problems for Arthur Radley when he was just protecting the children, which in a.
sense would be the same as "killing a mockingbird." So, in away the two.
characters (Boo and Tom) are "mockingbirds," who are just innocent men, trying.
to live their lives the way they want, and in Tom's case to support his family.
Tom Robinson had a nice little way of living with his children, while Boo.
Radley did not necessarily have children of his own; he treated Jem and Scout as.
if they were his own. For instance, Arthur would leave things for Jem and Scout.
in the tree, he fixed Jem's pants for him when they were ripped, and he saved.
them from Bob Ewell when he tried to kill them. Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson.
also had a compassion for other people. Tom would do odd jobs for Mayella.