What Does Raymond Symbolize In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Mockingbirds symbolically represent innocent, defenceless individuals, who bring nothing but joy to the world. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Arthur Radley, Tom Robinson and Dolphus Raymond are all symbols of the mockingbird. Many people in Maycomb see these people as mean and cruel but in reality they “don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.”
The first person to represent a Mockingbird is Arthur Radley. One of the first times we get a hint at this is when Dill Harris says: “Well how'd you feel if you'd been shut up for a hundred years with nothin' but cats to eat?" (5.72-76). If he was in the house all the time how could he do anything wrong. he is also defenceless because people think he is mean, but he is too shy to come out, so he cannot defend himself from the rumours. Another time we get a hint that Arthur Radley represents a Mockingbird is when Scout is talking to Miss Maudie: “I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did. Spoke as nicely as he knew how" (pg. 61 chap 5). He is a …show more content…

When Dill comes out of courtroom because he is upset Dolphus Raymond says: come on round here, son, I got something that’ll settle your stomach” (pg 267 ch 20). This is the opposite of him doing harm he is trying to help. Another example of this is when we find out he always drinks coke out of the brown bag: here, he said, offering Dill his paper sack with straws in it … scout, its nothing but coca cola” (chap pg 267) he is just trying to help the people of Maycomb understand why he stays with black people. last example of him being a mockingbird is him sitting with the colored folks: “why ‘s he sittin’ with the colored folks? Always does he likes ‘em better’n he likes us I reckon” (pg 214 chapter 16) he is not Racist like all the other folks in Maycomb he like everyone he is not mean at

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