What Does Atticus Symbolize In To Kill A Mockingbird

Atticus is like the mockingbird because he wants to bring good into the world by fighting the injustice. He doesn’t mean anyone any harm. Mockingbirds will fight predators that are much bigger than them. This is a characteristic displayed by Atticus when he decides to defend Tom Robinson. He and his children are harassed and called names just because Atticus is doing the right thing and defending a black man.

This family member feels ashamed because of Atticus’ choice. He is labeled in his family for doing his job, thus making him a mockingbird. Atticus was also attacked through his children. Bob Ewell attacked Atticus’ children to get back at Atticus for being a lawyer to protect a black man. “Heck, Atticus Finch. Someone’s been after my children” (Lee 263). This tells us that Bob is attacking Atticus’ children, from the anger he has for Atticus. Atticus did nothing to receive this pain, which proves he is an innocent man. As well is Atticus being a victim of unfair violence and judgment, Boo Radley is treated unfair in this same society.

The title of the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee holds a great deal of symbolism with several of the characters in the story acting as mockingbirds, characters who don’t do anything to bother the people around them. Harper Lee explains to the reader what a mockingbird is by making Atticus, and then Mrs. Maudie explains it to Scout. “Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, 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.’ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ‘Your fathers right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music

The general topic in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is criticising helpless people that have done no harm, and how it is a terrible deed. In the Novel a Mockingbird is a symbol of one of these helpless people. In part 1 of the novel, characters such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are portrayed as “mockingbirds”. The general topic also represents injustice, especially in the south. Atticus Finch is presented as seeker of justice that believes in equality for all, as well as one of the few characters to never rethink an opinion. Furthermore, Atticus is the father of Scout and Jem Finch, who he treats like adults and answeres all questions honestly as he would to any other Maycomb county member. He is portrayed as a decent respecting

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the mockingbird is used to symbolize innocent people damaged by unjust, evil actions, revealing that prejudice against those who are different causes injustice and isolation of people within communities. Lee uses the mockingbird expose the strength of prejudice and its harmful effects. In the novel, the mockingbird is represented by Tom Robinson and Arthur “Boo” Radley.

This shows that Atticus is never put down by what others have to call him and he simply tries to show Scout and Jem that’s how they should think as well. He never did anything wrong to deserve hatred from the town of Maycomb County. Atticus Finch is metaphorically portrayed as a mockingbird because Atticus is disrespected

I believe there are three people that represent the three birds mentioned in the book.

A Mockingbird is a bird that sits there and sings, mocking the noises it hears making beautiful sounds. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the mockingbird is a black man named Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird is based in a time where slavery and racism is a huge problem, and when Atticus Finch, the greatest lawyer in Maycomb county and also the father of Scout and Jem Finch, is asked to defend a black man in the Court of Law he puts himself, his family, and his career in danger. Tom Robinson is a black man being accused of beating and raping a white woman named Mayella Violet Ewell.

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus said, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs; they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.” Harper Lee’s father had been a lawyer just like her character Atticus Finch. Also, during her childhood, Lee read’s about nine black men that were wrongly accused of raping two white females. For the first time in history, white lawyers try to prove the innocence of black men. Harper Lee’s characters Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are symbolized as mockingbirds because they don’t do anything wrong but are still betrayed.

“Mockingbirds don't do nothing to us but make music for us to enjoy”. Mockingbirds don't eat our garden out or anything like that. All they want to do is make music for us to enjoy. I believe Atticus symbolizes a Mockingbird because they try to make people happy like Atticus does.

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy, . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). Mockingbirds are a prevalent symbol of selfless and senselessly persecuted characters. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch and Scout both exemplify symbolic mockingbirds.

Although the jury finally did the monstrous injustice of convicting Tom, Atticus had made it very difficult for them to do so, and that is clear by how long they deliberated. In a sense, Atticus cleared Tom's name, and everyone in Maycomb knows it. The black community know it, and they shower gifts of food on Atticus the next day. Bob Ewell knows it, and he also knows that Atticus has damaged his and Mayella's credibility forever. That is why, despite having won the case, Bob Ewell keeps trying to get revenge on Atticus. Atticus does many other things, large and small, that achieve justice in small ways. He does pro bono legal work for those in the community who need it. He stands up to his family when they say snobbish or racist things. He works hard, and though a good shot, is almost a pacifist. But the other major way that Atticus achieves justice is in the way he raises his children. Many pages could be written about the ways in which Atticus strives to pass on his values to his children - by living with integrity, by talking to them about it, by the questions he asks them and by the way he answers their questions. He is not brainwashing, but training. He respects their minds. By the end of the novel it is

There are a few characters in the book who are considered to be a mockingbird. They are innocent people who had no moral wrongdoings, who did more good than they did sin (or bad), these characters may have been killed or are considered strange or rude because of their scarcity. The characters are considered mockingbirds because they have taught Scout, Jem, and Dill life lessons, giving the children an innocent wonder and curiosity. For example, some of the characters in this book considered mockingbirds are Boo, Tom, and Mrs. Dubose. Atticus warned his children in one chapter to never shoot a mockingbird. They don’t tear apart gardens or antagonise other birds, and all they do is provide beautiful songs for others to listen to.

In To Kill A Mockingbird the book indicates the importance of a mockingbird. In the book the symbol of the mockingbird represents a person who is innocent and harmless, yet has been inflicted with the corruption of society's belief. An example of a mockingbird in the book is Tom Robinson. He is a black man who was convicted to rape. He was innocent and was in no way harming anyone, but society's view of him was forever changed. Even Link Deas, his boss, said he has been working with that boy for eight years and never had trouble (Lee 261) . The people of Maycomb had their judgement clouded, and this lead to his death. Not only was he actually killed, he was metaphorically killed by the people of Maycomb. His reputation was twisted into lies,

A way Harper Lee presented the Mockingbird's role in society, was by asserting in the novel that to destroy its innocence, would be a sin and should not be allowed. By people in the society this view was taken because unlike "blue jays" (119) Atticus says, "…it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (119). It is later explained by Miss Maudie the reason why it is a sin to kill a mocking bird was because of their only positive impacts within a society and how they "don't eat up peoples gardens...nest in corn cribs" (119) but instead play a positive role and "sing their hearts out"(119). This gives the reader the notion that the mocking bird plays an innocent role in society and therefore its innocence should not be destroyed. Although as shown in the book, this is not the case. The characters seen as Mockingbirds innocence is greatly affected by the views society has and do not always fit in to society’s norms.