To Kill a Mocking Bird.

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they do nothing but make music for us to enjoy.” In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus says the above quote to basically sum up one of the major themes of the book. To Atticus, a mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world a more pleasant place to live. Throughout the book, Jem, Tom, Boo and Scout can all be associated …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…assumptions about other people who they do not know about. People judged him according to what they had heard. Boo proved to be a mockingbird by saving the lives of Jem and Scout, and that ultimately changed their views of him. Throughout this novel, the mockingbird symbolizes good people who were nice and never did any harm. To kill or harm then would be sin, because mockingbirds make the world a better place to live.