To Kill A Mockingbird Justice Quotes

“They don’t eat up peoples gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out…That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses a mockingbird to symbolize justice, innocence, and courage. These characteristics can be found in Tom, Atticus, and Boo throughout this novel. Even with all the evil in the world, innocence, justice, and courage can prevail. Tom Robinson, a character in To Kill a Mockingbird, symbolizes the innocence of a mockingbird. Tom Robinson proved his innocence in the court case, where he was being charged with rape. He shows everyone that he didn’t hurt Mayella. In fact, he was quite the opposite. Tom Robinson was very polite and respectful to her. “I was just trying to help her
He knew what was right all along, and he fought for it even though he knew that he didn’t stand a chance at winning as Tom Robinson’s lawyer . “Instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand, it is when you know you’re licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee 149). Atticus had guts to stand up for a black man in Maycomb. A lot of people in Maycomb hated black people. Atticus was risking his life and his family’s life, but he knew that he couldn’t live with himself if he didn’t fight for what was right. On the night that Atticus was guarding Tom Robinson at the jail, there were people there that were mad at Atticus and probably would have killed him if it hadn’t been for Scout, Dill, and Jem wouldn’t have showed up. This is just one of many problems that Atticus faces throughout the novel. He had an uphill battle to fight, but nothing would stop him from reaching his end goal. It is impossible to look at Atticus and not see justice that he courageously fought for. Just like it’t impossible to look at Boo Radley and not see