To Kill A Mockingbird

The novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is the story of Jem and scout Finch and their childhood in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The title To Kill a Mockingbird has a thematic significance throughout the story. The characters, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch portray “mockingbirds” who “don’t do anything but sing their hearts out and give to make life better for others”. Throughout the novel Tom Robinson …

…is leaving the courtroom Calpurnia says, “jean Louise stand up your father’s passin.” All the Negroes respect Atticus for what he did with the way society treated him for defending Tom Robinson. Throughout the novel the title has a thematic significance shown through the characters Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch. These “mockingbirds always give despite their own hardships. Persecuting one of them would be a sin “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.”