To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis

To Kill a Mockingbird, is an appropriate title for the book. In this novel, by Harper Lee, it’s mentioned numerous times that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. It also has two characters, Boo Radley and Scout, that could be considered a “mockingbird”. It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird and the author makes sure we know that, “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(pg.119,Lee) Jem and Scout had just received air rifles and Atticus is telling them to shoot the tin cans but knows they will want to shoot other things too. Ms. Maudie, their neighbor, explains why it’s a sin to help the children understand better, “ “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... they

Boo is shy and likes to keep to himself so he isn’t known much around town, because of this there are lot of stories surrounding him. “Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.”(pg 10,Lee) The children of Maycomb and sometimes the adults tell stories, telling of what they think Boo is like. In chapters 30 and 31 we get to see who Boo really is. He helps Scout and jem and never did anything wrong, “To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an‘ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight—to me, that’s a sin. It’s a sin and I’m not about to have it on my head.” (pg. 369) Boo killed Bob Ewell to save the children, but the sheriff doesn't want people to know. He knows that Boo is shy and that the people of Maycomb would want to thank him. Boo doesn’t like being around people, and people would constantly be at his door. He never did anything wrong so he shouldn’t be tormented, “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin‘ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”(pg 370) Just like mockingbirds Boo hasn’t done anything wrong and only did things for other people. That’s why he’s a