Consider the title of the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
1.What is the mockingbird a symbol of?
2.Which characters might this relate to? Justify with evidence.
3.Which of the ideas underpinning the novel are explored through the use
of this symbol?
Write a paragraph in which you discuss one idea and analyse how the use
of the mockingbird symbol presents this idea to the reader.
The mockingbird is a symbol of Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley. They represent the mockingbird because they are both characters of pure innocence and goodness yet are attacked by others' prejudice. Tom Robinson is an example and victim of both prejudice and racism as his intention to help Mayella Ewell causes him to end up in a trial due to the accusation of him raping the woman. Like the mockingbird, their good intentions ends up in harm.
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