Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee - 1713 Words

â€Å"‘...Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird† (Lee 119). After having read most of the book, I now see that this is a significant and meaningful symbol in the novel. It represents innocence, like that of Tom Robinson s. In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, which is based upon a true story, Tom Robinson, a man accused of rape, Scout Finch, a tomboy and lawyer’s daughter that observes occurrences in Maycomb, resists racist comments, and does not always understand things, who is also the narrator of the publication, both in a childish fashion and in an adult like fashion, and Atticus, a lawyer who is intelligent, respected and respecting, and defends Tom Robinson in his time†¦show more content†¦Harper Lee reveals the book To Kill a Mockingbird as a work that portrays the past events and matters of racism, poverty, and, in some cases, domestic violence in a scene loca ted in the south, in this instance, an imaginary town called Maycomb involving the Ewells, during the Great Depression. In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, racism in Maycomb is a common theme. Atticus and Tom Robinson are frequent racism symbols mentioned in the novel. This deeply influences the actions of these characters in that Atticus defends Tom Robinson in a case because no one else is up for the challenge. No one else wants to defend a black man who is accused by a reckless white family, the Ewells. Atticus feels that he has no other choice than to be Tom Robinson’s lawyer and defend his case. He has several justifiable reasons to do so. â€Å"The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again† (Lee 100). This was the essential reason Atticus takes on the case, and it affected him personally. For one, he feels that without defending Tom Robinson and his case, it would be wrong and he would not be able to order Jem and Scout around. Additionally, no one else was going to