To Kill A Mockingbird Title Analysis

“To kill a mockingbird” a book revealing the truth of a society, where people are judged for their origins, culture, or race rather than being judged for who they are. Where evilness takes over all the goodness and the stronger beat the weak. Just like a mockingbird, an innocent, pure creature seeking shelter, but being accused of evilness and harmfulness. Harper lee focusing on the title as much as the theme of the book, tries to convey a message. What is harper lee trying to convey, and to what extent can the plot and the theme of the book relate to the title “to kill a mockingbird”?

The events of the book took place in Maycomb; a small old town known for its prejudicing environment. In the begging of the book “to kill a mockingbird,” we are given an insight of how Maycomb’s society works. Maycomb is not really known for multiculturalism,
Some evidence for that; “Nigger lover “, was a word used by many characters to describe Atticus and Tom Robinson´s relation while Atticus was defending him. When people used nigger lover it was meant to be offensive but still people tended to use it. "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for" was what Mrs.Dubose said while Jem and Scout were passing by her house. The word usage in this sentence shows racism in its clear version; Dubose´s ranking for niggers was not more than trash in this situation. Unfortunately, Tom Robinson had the same end of a mockingbird; he died trying to escape injustice with his innocence. However, Tom Robinson was not the only mockingbird in the story; his wife being harassed by Mr.Ewel made her also one of the mockingbirds. Tom’s wife was just as innocent as Tom Robinson, while she was busy working and taking care of her children; Mr. Ewel found it as a natural right for him to threaten