Three Songs and Their Relationship to the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Many things in life can be compared, the color of one thing to another, a piece of art to an alternative, or a novel to a song. An example of a novel that can be compared to three different songs is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The songs that it can be compared to are “Leave”, by the Barenaked Ladies, “Pleasure and Pain”, by Ben Harper, and “Give Peace A Chance”, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
The song “Leave” by the Barenaked ladies, and the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, can be related. The song “Leave” is about a man who would like another to leave him, but that person will not leave. They stay in his life, against his wishes, and make him uncomfortable, and unhappy. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of a black man, Tom Robinson, who is wrongly accused of assault on a young lady. The people of the town want him to be found guilty in court, and to leave his home to go to prison. The man who is defending Tom Robinson gives a good fi...