What are some reasons why Atticus is considered a mockingbird in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird?
2007-02-21 07:39:13 · 3 answers · asked by pitt_panthers2006 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, somewhere in the book it says that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is sing their hearts out and they make people's life easier by not ruining crops and stuff; Atticus is considered a mockingbird because he did what he could to help others. Like when he killed the mad dog and when he defended Tom.
2007-02-21 07:52:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately yes. He was given an unfair trial no matter who his attorney would have been. Certainly this taken place in the deep South where racism was so prevalent there was no way he would have been considered not guilty. If you also take in consideration that even the "negroes" at that time even had to sit separately, his side of the story or for him to even testify would have gone on deaf ears. Realizing that this took place when it did, even into the 60's, blacks could not drink from public fountains, had to sit in the back of the bus, KKK murders and fought for an education in the south, Tom would have been guilty before the trial even started. Sad isn't it? Great film wasn't it?
2016-05-24 03:47:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's not. It's Tom Robinson.
2007-02-21 07:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋