Character Analysis Of Tom Robinson In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

In the book ‘ To Kill A Mockingbird’, there are two people who portray the mocking bird symbol. Those two people are Boo Radley or Tom Robinson. But who portrays the mockingbird symbol the most? Tom robinson is a African American man who is accused of raping a white girl and goes on trial. When he is on trial his lawyer, Atticus, has a good trial but that does not mean Tom Robinson wins. Tom Robinson does not have a fair trial because of his race. Boo Radley is a man who stays in the house and is called a “malevolent phantom”. Boo radley was wrongfully accused of doing stuff that he shouldn't be doing. Even though they are both wrongfully accused but only one of them got the penalty of death. Tom Robinson portrays the mockingbird because the mockingbird represents innocence.

It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all mockingbirds do is chirp. They don't mess anything up. It is a sin because you're killing innocence with evil. In To Kill A Mockingbird it states in the text that,” Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a
Boo Radley was made fun of because he always inside staying to himself. He kept to himself doing nothing just like a mockingbird would. When Boo saved Scout and Jem, he supposedly murdered Bob Ewell. Atticus wanted to know what happened but the sheriff insisted it was not boo radley. Scout understood that he should stick to the story and say Bob Ewell fell on the knife then said,” Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn't it?”(Lee,276). This means that since he protected and saved Scout and Jem, it would be a sin to take Boo to jail. The reason that Boo Radley does not portray the mockingbird the most is because Tom Robinson was punished for something he didn't do and Boo wasn't punished for something he supposedly did