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Symbolism in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by harper Lee
Title: Symbolism in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by harper Lee
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1732 | Pages: 7.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Symbolism in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by harper Lee
'I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go
after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want , if you can hit 'em, but
remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' This is what Atticus Finch
tells his children after they are given air-rifles for Christmas. Uniquely,
the title of the classic novel by Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, was
taken from this passage. At first glance, one …showed first 75 words of 1732 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1732 total…Jem's bed. Before she falls asleep
Scout describes the story, which happened to be about someone who was
falsely accused of doing something that he had not done, just like Tom
Robinson and Boo Radley were. Scout has, certainly, learned a great deal.
To Kill A Mockingbird was an influential novel at the time it was written.
However, it remains just as important, influential, and, certainly, as
symbolic today as when it was first written.
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