THEMES

To kill a mocking bird has many themes, but the most important theme to me would be, the most important life lesson in this book. That would be to never kill a mocking bird. A mocking bird is also any living creature or living thing that is inocent. When Atticus say to never kill a mocking bird he means this as mocking birds do nothing mean or cruel to us so why should we to them? Mrs. maudie expails this to the children after atticus says this to them after jem gets a gun. Boo radely is an example of a mocking bird because he is an inoccent being that gets picked on and gets rumors made about him because of his childhood and how he grew up. Another example is tom robbinson. tom robbinson is a mocking bird because he gets trialed for a rape that in plain sight he did not commit. He was trialed on the fact that he is a black man and a white man testified against his word. Tom is convicted and proven guilty. And then to top off that when tom went to jail he made a mistake and tried to run away, but then the jail gaurds (who were white) decided to start shooting, "...17 bullet holes in him." (235) . Another example would be all the black people in general in the town of maycomb. They live in a society where they are not equal and are treated barely better than animals even when they do nothing but help out. All of these are examples and proof that this is a main theme and very important.
Boo radelys actions when he was a child , like stabbing his parents with scissars* is wrong but from this alone and other rumors his whole life is living at home and getting made fun of. This is wrong as are all of these exampls but this especially bacause those rumors and the reputation they put on him made his life what it is, the old creepy guy who the children are instructed to stay away from. As for tom robbinson everyone knows this was wrong. Toms actions didnt include what he did, but what he didnt do, commit rape. He was not guilty. thats all i have to say about that. And for the people of maycomb that society is and was not right and we found that out so now in 2008 everyone are/is equal. the way it should be.