TKM+Essay

Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't you know people's gardens don't Nest Corncrib's they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. This theme is shown in Harper Lee's __To kill a Mockingbird__. In her novel Harper Lee also demonstrates how children are morally correct and adults have “gotten used to it”.

The first example of a mockingbird in Harper Lee's novel is a man known as Tom Robinson. Tom never did anything to anybody. All he did was offer his valuable time so he could do nice favors for people. “Looked like she didn't have nobody to help her, like i says…” As you can see all Tom Robinson wanted to do was help people but because of his ethnicity he was accused and convicted for crime he did not commit, which in turn led to this. Boo Radley is the second example of a mockingbird. “Once the town was terrorized by series of nocturnal events peoples chickens and household pets were found mutilated people still looked at the Radley house”. Just because Boo Radley was locked and stayed in his house for over 15 years people believe he is a scary killer who looks in the people's windows during the nighttime. But this is untrue all he has is a creepy old man who gives presents to kids and also saves their lives.

The third theme for trade in Harper Lee's novel is that children are morally correct and know right from wrong. But adults on the other hand do not because they have just “gotten used to” what society has told them. “How could they do it, how could they”. What this displays is that Jem knows Tom Robinson is innocent but because the adults of Maycomb County have grown up in a racist environment they think otherwise just because Tom Robinson is an African-American man.

Take killing Mockingbird by Harper Lee teaches and demonstrates many important themes. Like children know what's right but adults do not, because they were raised think otherwise. Also, some people are like mockingbirds. They do nothing for themselves and instead use their own energy to help others. And that is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.