To Kill a Mockingbird
"Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (90). Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one will see that nearly every character is a mockingbird. In the symbolic meaning of the word, a mockingbird is innocent and pure. Tom Robinson, Atticus's children, and Boo Radle…
