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The Tree In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The tree in “To Kill a Mockingbird” symbolizes how much Boo wants to be connected to Jem and Scout. He wants to make them his friends but is kind of the socially awkward type who doesn’t know how to make friends. Boo puts in different items in the tree that express him, and that symbolizes him as a person. He is getting more and more socially involved. them this shows that they felt weird about it while Boo thought it was perfectly normal to communicate like this. This shows that everyone has a different way of connecting with society. The story for everyone teaches people not to judge each other and in the end people will turn out to be different than what you thought originally. Atticus

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