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Symbol of the Mockingbird
- Idea of the mockingbird
- Mock=vulnerable,
made fun.
- People
are
mocked
when
they are
weak..
- Represents
innocence
- Not a special
bird and
doesn't try to
be one-true
to
themselves.
- Unlike other
birds,
Mockingbirds
do not harm
anyone or
anything.
- Characters who could be linked to mockery.
- Bob Ewell mocked Atticus
- Atticus mocked for
defending Tom
- Miss Maudie
mocked for religion
- Mayella believes she's
being mocked by Atticus
- "Bear with me,
Miss
Mayella"..."Won't
answer a word
as long as you
keep mockin' me."
- Boo Radley
mocked by all of
Maycomb.
- Francis and Mrs
Dubose mocked Atticus.
- Scout
mocked
by
AA-not
behaving
lika a
lady
- Atticus Finch
- "I think maybe he
put his gun down
when he realised
God had given him
an unfair
advantage over
most living things."
- Doesn't want to harm any
innocent living creature.
- Just because you can do something,
doesn't mean you should
- ""he's civilised in
his heart"
- Atticus sees Tom as a Mockingbird
that needs to be defended.
- "it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird"
- Explicit reference to Mockingbirds
- "Shoot all the blue jay's you want,
if you can hit 'em, but remember,
it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird."
- "Mockingbirds don't do one thing
but make music for us to enjoy."
- "the atmosphere in the
court-room was exactly the same
as a cold February morning, when
the Mockingbirds were still."
- "He likened Tom's death to the
senseless slaughter of songbirds
by hunters and children.-Mr
Underwood who is seen to hate
the black community.
- "taking the one man who's done you and this
town a great service an' draggin' him with his
shy ways into the limelight- to me, that's a sin."
- "well it'ud sort of be like shootin' a Mockingbird wouldn't it?"
- Tom Robinson and Boo Radley
- Shot and killed
when
vulnerable-trying
to escape
- Kindness
to Mayella,
trying to
help.
- Innocent
of rape
but still
convicted.
- Victim
of
prejudice.
- Needs protecting-Atticus@lynch mob
- Shows kindness to
Scout+Jem(presents,
pants, blanket+saves
their lives at his own
risk.
- Innocent of the evil persona
he is associated with.
- Imprisoned,
ironically, for
the safety of
the
community
by his father.
- Has
nowhere to
go "maybe
he doesn't
have
anywhere
to run off
to..."
- Both
associated
with
things
that they
haven't
commited.
- Innocent and
vulnerable.