To kill a Mockingbird essay

Being one of the main symbolic themes in the novel, the mockingbird represents the innocence and inner beauty of three of the main characters- Tom Robinson, Arthur (Boo) Radley and Atticus Finch. These three men were the mockingbirds in a town full of bluejays. Tom, the unjustly treated mockingbird who was nothing but a kind and pure soul; Boo, who sang his beautiful music through watching over Jem and Scout, and Atticus, who was a magnificent parent and showed the town how to sing the right song, one of harmony and equality. To kill or harm any one of these characters would be a great sin, as these selfless mockingbirds acted only with love and respect for all, and to kill something with such purity would be so very immoral.
From the very beginning of the story, we realise the small community of Maycomb has a definite social hierarchy. There are the middle class whites, such as the Finches and Miss Maudie, then there are the poorer white’s such as the Cunningham’s, they’re fol...