To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes

The quote I chose for this essay is "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (Lee 103). The context of the quote is that during Christmas, Scout’s uncle gave her and Jem shotguns, and they decide to go shooting with them, and Atticus tells them that.

The quote means that since mockingbirds do no harm and just provide nature with singing, it is not right to kill them. I think that the mockingbirds represent two characters in the book, who are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.

Tom Robinson is a man with a loving family who was convicted of raping a teenager. All the evidence points to him being innocent, yet he is still convicted and sent to jail. Then he ends up getting shot at for trying to escape. This is a good example of a mockingbird in the book, because Tom Robinson was an innocent man, yet he

Boo Radley is a very quiet man who got into trouble with the law at a young age and has stayed inside his house since. Around town, he is seen as a bad man who is very weird for staying inside his house, and rumors about him are everywhere. Scout and Jem hear about this and are very interested about this, so they go and mess around at his house. Even with all these people thinking he is a weird, crazy person, Boo Radley is still a great person. When there was a fire, the kids were outside when it was cold, and Boo Radley was nice enough to wrap a blanket around Scout. This obviously confused Scout because she thought he was a bad person.

The best thing he did though, was when he saved Jem and Scout's lives when they were attacked by Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is the dad of the girl who was apparently raped. Since Atticus defended the rapist and made Bob Ewell feel stupid for proving him wrong, he wanted revenge. So he goes and tries to kill the kids, but Boo saves them by stabbing and killing Bob. This shows that Boo Radley is a good person with no bad