What character is represented by the mocking bird symbol?

Answer 1

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is most like a mockingbird. This is because he is an innocent young man who gets killed as a reaction of a terrible chain of problems.

Atticus said it's a sin to kill a mockingbird because they cause no harm to anybody, which is true also about Tom since he did not harm a soul.

Answer 2

There are many mockingbirds in the story. The mockingbird symbolises innocence and by killing a mockingbird, you are killing innocence.

• Tom Robinson - he's the obvious mockingbird as he is wrongly accused and put on trial and killed for raping Mayella
• Boo Radley - the town of Maycomb mocked and ridiculed him. In a way, that makes him a mockingbird. Scout realises at the end of the story that to reveal Boo as Jem's saviour would be like "shootin' a mockingbird". Boo has spent so much time in isolation that sudden hero worship would destroy him.
• The children: Scout, Jem and Dill - they lose their innocence and are forced to face the harsh reality of the prejudiced town.

Answer 3

The mockingbird symbol represents innocence, purity, and kindness in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The character most closely associated with the mockingbird symbol is Tom Robinson, who is a kind and innocent man wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit.

Answer 4

Boo Radley and Tom Robinson were the mockingbird in the story. They were innocent.