Theme Of Social Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

John Stuart Mill was a master of Principles of Political Economy. He once stated, "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their own free choice - is often the means of their regeneration." To Kill a Mockingbird has a meaning of elongated social injustices of racism and the hypocrisy of race privileges, deeper than the surface simply states. Harper Lee defines a national issue in a brilliantly written story. A brave move this was, to release

Harper Lee incorporated many signs and hints of symbolism throughout the book to help develop her theme of social injustice. Near the beginning, Scout and Jem find a few treasures hidden inside the knothole of a tree. The kids find many things, but the two most important things are the two indian head pennies found in a velvet box, and when Scout notices something else: "Jem let me do the honors: I pulled out two small images carved in soap. One was the figure of a boy, the other wore a crude dress.” (Lee 59). The two soap carvings symbolise the two children. This tree was part of the Radley property, and it was clear that Boo had been making an attempt to give the children gifts, from a distance. Boo is also brought up again later within the context. Atticus Finch 's comment "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103) is important because two characters in this novel are strongly represented as mockingbirds. A mockingbird is a symbol of everything that is harmless. They are viewed to be the birds that purely make music for people to listen, and they never intend to cause harm or cause a dilemma to anyone or anything. Boo Radley was often the symbol for a mockingbird. The mockingbird is a large symbol of purity, weariness, peacefulness, in which it is a sin to kill such a thing of purity. Boo Radley may not be the only mockingbird lurking in the small town of Maycomb. Tom Robinson is seen as a mockingbird, as well. Tom is later brought to court, and is given jail time for an excuse of his skin. He then tries to break free, but is shot by security outsiders. Killing Tom Robinson such as one kills a mockingbird, is a sin. Both individuals are seen as monsters, but never intend to hurt a soul, not even a small bug. Yet Tom’s life is lost as he is killed by a gun, is like how one kills a mockingbird. Another symbol is when Scout notices when her