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People judge each other based on how they act in society.One tends to act like the majority of society for fear of being outcasted.This pertains to a mockingbird because it only sings other birds’ songs. It doesn’t have it’s own song and it is only characterized by what the other birds sing. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird,by Harper Lee, the title serves as a metaphor for the killing of innocence. As mentioned by Miss Maudie on Chapter 10 of the story, mockingbirds are just innocent creatures who don’t do any harm, which is why it’s a sin to kill one. In the story, the people of Maycomb criticize Boo Radley and Tom Robinson based on what others say about them.Therefore, this destroys their innocence, leaving them an outsider in society.Throughout the novel, Lee exhibits the loss of innocence throughout Boo Radley and Tom Robinson who are both …show more content…

He was unjustly convicted of rape by Mayella Ewell. In reality, Tom was trying to help Mayella because he felt sorry for her and her situation”Yes…”(264). This is like a mockingbird because he was willing to help her without anticipating a reward. Tom was put on a trial, and was immediately found guilty regardless of the coherent evidence shown by Atticus. This is mainly due to the fact that he was African-American, as African Americans weren’t treated fairly in the 1930’s. Later, he was arrested and sadly killed after trying to escape out of prison. Unfortunately, this changes very little about how the people of Maycomb view him, therefore causing to reinforce the stereotypes about African Americans even more. However, Mr.Underwood renders Tom’s death to the senseless killing of a mockingbird “likened…”(323). Just like a mockingbird, he was an sweet,innocent person but he ends up losing his innocence when he was surrounded by the racial prejudice around him. Hence, these are the similarities between Tom Robinson and a

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