To Kill A Mockingbird Response Analysis

Response One
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because “mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy” (Lee, 90). In this novel Harper shows this significantly in four characters. One being Tom Robinson, Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley.
Similarly to a mockingbird Tom never caused any harm. He went out of his way to help Mayella Ewell on many occasions as he passed her house everyday walking to and from work. One the night of November twenty-first of last year Tom was on his way home when he “passed the Ewell place Miss Mayella [was] on the front porch”(192). She told Tom she needed his assistance so he “went inside the fence and looked around for some kindlin’ to work on… [mayella said to him] naw i got somethin’ for you in the house. Th’ door…[he] went in the front room an’... i said this door looked all right. The she shet the door in my face.” (193). He then explained that he should be heading home but she quickly said she had another job for him “just step on that chair yonder an’ git

At first, Jem takes part in the Boo Radley game, unaware of the harm he may be doing to people in the Radley house who can hear the children make fun of Boo. Atticus catches Jem once and says "'So that's what you were doing, wasn't it?' 'Makin' fun of him?' 'No," said Atticus, "Putting his life's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.' Jem seemed to swell a little. 'I didn't say we were doin' that, I didn't say it!' Atticus grinned dryly. 'You just told me,' he said. 'You stop this nonsense right now, every one of you.'" (49). He also chops down Mrs. Dubose's roses. Mrs. Dubose was a rather cranky and offensive old woman who lived nearby. She spoke out harshly against Atticus, and in a fit of rage, Jem attacked her flower bed. As punishment, he had to read to her every day after school. Unknowingly, Jem was