What Is The Title To Kill A Mockingbird

I think that the title of To Kill A Mockingbird is the right fit for this book. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that it is crime to kill a mockingbird; Miss Maudie explains later that this is because mockingbirds are songbirds which do nothing but give pleasure to people. The mockingbird's death is so symbolic of any loss of innocence. The symbolism of the mockingbird can be applied to many people in the novel. Jem and Scout are both mockingbirds because the innocence of their lives is demolished. There lives were demolished because in the beginning of the book both Jem and Scout see the world from this childhood perspective because neither have seen evil, so they believe that people are essentially good. In the middle of the book Scout and Jem
then realize the evil side when the encounter a beating from Bob Ewell. Boo Radley's cruel parents robbed him of his innocence by keeping him in a house; Tom Robinson died despite his innocence for being accused of raping a woman. To kill a mockingbird is to rob a person of their innocence, and that is a major theme in the novel, especially where Jem is concerned. "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird (pg.119).” This conversation was between Atticus and Jem and it really touched Jem because of all the stuff he had experienced with the beating by Bob Ewell and the Tom Robinson case.