Essay On Symbolism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Atticus teaches his children, Scout and Jem the important lesson of placing oneself in another’s position before going to judge him or her by asking them not to bother a character called Boo Radley. Boo Radley, a man never seen outside his house, ever, has superstition and rumors about him in the society of Maycomb since he never comes out. When Scout and Jem cannot get Boo to come out of his house, Scout remembered that earlier, Atticus had told her that “‘...if [she can] learn a simple trick, [she’ll] get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. [She’ll] never really understand a person until [she considers] things from his point of view...until [she climbs] into his skin and [walks] around in it’” (39). Atticus knows that there is a reason why Boo Radley does not come out of his house, why he told Scout and Jem not to bother him.

For instance, Boo Radley, a young man in Maycomb society is considered to be dead due to his introvert nature. As the author quoted, “no, it was not that sort of thing that there were other ways of making people turn into ghosts.” (Lee 14). The Radleys are one of the oldest families in Maycomb but still they do not have any contact with their neighbors. Their son, Boo is believed to be turned into a phantom since nobody ever sees him walking out of his house or interacting with people. Nobody tries to interact with him or try to know the reason behind his loneliness.

Every child hears “Don’t talk to strangers.” Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks did not remember the things they were taught about strangers. Red Riding Hood met a woodcutter in the woods and talked to him. The woodcutter wasn’t a bad guy, but she couldn’t have known that and it could’ve been dangerous, even though he saved her life. Goldilocks disobeyed the rule about strangers very much. She didn’t talk to strangers, but she entered a stranger’s house, ate their food, broke one of their chairs, and slept in their beds.

As he turns around he sees three adult wolves had been “sitting there behind my back for hours” (71). He had no idea how long they had been there but he knew they did not even try to attack him. The fact was he had given the “bloodthirsty” wolves every chance to attack and kill him, but they did not.

Huda Paracha                                                                                                                        812                     To Kill A Mockingbird And Caged Birds                    “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”- Maya Angelou     Have you ever had any emotional or physical struggles in your life that sometimes made you feel as if though you were caged and unable to achieve your goal? To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a historical fiction novel told in the eyes of a young girl named Scout  as her father, Atticus Finch , a lawyer in the 1950’s in  Alabama, is burdened with the task of defending a black man, Tom Robinson, of harming a white girl, Mayella Ewell. “Caged Bird”

Bugsy was, by nature, a solitary cat. He never sought the company of other cats, regarding me as the pivot of his world. I alone acted as his food supplier, playmate and anything else he considered necessary to keep him comfortable. So the arrival of Weedeater marked something of a milestone. Sunday morning I lay listening to the church bells as they called the faithful to worship.

Mr. and Mrs. Hadley had practically no relationship with their children because they had allowed the house to take over their roles as parents. The children’s behavior had gotten far out of hand; their thoughts even converted to dark violence. Their mother and father gave up on even attempting to fix anything, for they knew the kids wouldn’t be obedient. During the short story, the veldt was displayed inside of the nursery, The room had a technology that allowed the mind to choose what appeared as the scenery, which made it look and feel realistic. What was bizarre about the veldt, was that it had never seemed to change.

At the same time Finny lost some of his innocence when he comes to realize that Gene caused his accident. “I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there. Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone.” (Page 204) Gene, allowing himself to act on his jealousy, ultimately resulted in the death of his best friend Finny “By the end of the novel, Gene has accepted both his own guilt and the gift of Finny’s friendship. The experience has helped him to grow into an insightful, responsible, and compassionate

Without his parents care and attention, Dally ends up in jail at the age of ten, while Johnny gets beat up by his father, yelled at by his mother, or completely ignored altogether. He tells Ponyboy ““I walk in that house, and nobody says anything. I walk out, and nobody says anything. I stay away all night, and nobody notices.””(51) Although Johnny knows his parents don’t care, he still asks Dally if they asked about him when he and Ponyboy ran

Boo Radley is boy that lives across the street from main character of the book, Scout Finch. One day when Scout was talking with Miss Maudie she asked, “do you think Boo Radley’s still alive?” and she replied with, “His name’s Arthur and he’s alive” (Lee 57). Boo is seen like a ghost to the rest of the town because no one ever sees him come out of his house. This

Do you stay inside the cabin, do you jump into the foxhole, and do you fire a warning shot. It all looked good on paper. The moves you would make were laid out in black ink, simple moves. When the alarms go off, you do this and this, and yet the alarms have gone off, and you are standing there doing nothing. You never had to defend your home this way, you have never been shot at, nor have you ever shot at another human being.

Atticus leaves the children at home and tells them to stay there, but they sneak out and watch the trial anyway. The kids strongly believe Tom will win, like when Jem says, “He’s not supposed to lean, Reverend, but don’t fret, we’ve won it. Don’t see how any jury would convict on what we’ve heard.” (209) Reverend Sykes explains how a white man has never lost to a black man, but the children are still hopeful. After hours of waiting, the jury came back in. Scout explains how “A jury never looks at the defendant if it has convicted, and when this jury came in, not one of them looked at Tom Robinson… Judge Taylor was polling the jury; ‘Guilty...Guilty...Guilty’”(211) When Scout and Jem hear the verdict, they are distraught.

There is a old saying that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and its true. You should always turn a few pages before you decide that you know that book, and know their story. Boo Radley from the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper lee, is a character that has never came out of his house for many years. He has a kind of autistic problem, so he has trouble with other people, which makes him hide in his house. Boo has not came out, and all he does is sit in his house looking at the outside world that he doesn’t exist in.