To kill a mockingbird?

Question

Who do you think is the"mockingbird'that's referred to in the title of the book?Why?

Answer 1

Boo Radley, Scout says that the sheriff is right to call the death a suicide and she refers back to Atticus' story about shooting birds with a pellet gun and that blue jays were fair game, but a mockingbird gave so much, it would be unfair to take it away.

Answer 2

The answer to your question can be found in Sparks Notes on the internet. The URL is listed below.

Sparks Notes says, "The title of To Kill a Mockingbird has very little literal connection to the plot, but it carries a great deal of symbolic weight in the book. In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the “mockingbird” comes to represent the idea of innocence. Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, Mr. Raymond) can be identified as mockingbirds—innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. This connection between the novel’s title and its main theme is made explicit several times in the novel: after Tom Robinson is shot, Mr. Underwood compares his death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds,” and at the end of the book Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like “shootin’ a mockingbird.” Most important, Miss Maudie explains to Scout: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but . . . sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That Jem and Scout’s last name is Finch (another type of small bird) indicates that they are particularly vulnerable in the racist world of Maycomb, which often treats the fragile innocence of childhood harshly."

Answer 3

IMO, the mockingbird is the innocence of some of the characters. During the course of the novel, many of the innocents are "destroyed" by evil.

After Tom Robinson is shot, Mr. Underwood compares his death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds". By the end of the novel, Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like “shootin’ a mockingbird.”

Answer 4

Someone in the book says "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird" but I'm not sure if mockingbird refers to anything in particular.

Answer 5

If you read the book you will understand. Ostensibly, it refers to an eccentric man, Boo (Mr. Arthur) Radley, against whom some children discriminate unkindly, until they realize he has saved their lives. They realize that being mean to him is like killing a mockingbird, which is harmless and even sings pleasingly at times. It's the best anti-discrimination book ever written, but putting it that way is a terrible understatement. It's one of the best 100 books ever written, period, no matter what your political outlook may be. The black and white movie of the book, starring Gregory Peck, is also one of the best movies ever made. Deeply, deeply moving in a way newer movies can never hope to be.

Answer 6

sorry i don't be responsive to the website numbers. yet i be responsive to the context of the reference. atticus finch grew to become into explaining to scout that mockingbirds do not something yet make music. they do no injury. it is the reason this is a sin to kill a mockingbird. in case you bear in concepts the place interior the e book it is... desire this helps!!! god bless

Answer 7

why do you want to kill a mockingbird? it is a animal. that is not nice. anything you kill will haunt you.

Answer 8

It is clearly explained in the book. Read it. It's excellent and you want to be an educated person, don't you?

Answer 9

I hate reading..lol And I loved that book...

Answer 10

I agree, its Boo Radley.