Examples Of Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

All throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee presents many themes that one could take out of the novel. However, the strongest theme is justice vs. injustice, which several of the characters demonstrate in the novel. There is not only an injustice between races, but also an injustice between genders. The definition of justice is as follows: “The upholding if what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards or law.” According to this definition nearly all of the characters, at one time or another in the novel, have given out the punishment they feel the other person deserves. Or, in other words, they have served what they believe to be a just penalty. However, despite popular belief, most of the
justice served in To Kill a Mockingbird didn’t happen in a courtroom. It happened all throughout daily life, f
The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, captures the whole theme of the novel: it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus once told his children “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” When Atticus says this, it is almost if he is portraying the need to protect these “mockingbirds”. The mockingbird symbolizes the innocent characters, such as Tom Robinson or Boo Radley. Neither of these men have done anything wrong or hurt anyone, but are placed in this unfair situation, vulnerable and alone. Tom, a black man living in a white man’s society, was accused of beating and raping a white woman.
Killing a mockingbird is cruel and pointless because they won’t hurt anyone, and this applies to these examples