To Kill a Mockingbird

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about innocence, knowledge, prejudice, and courage. In the beginning the main character, 5 year old Scout, starts out to be a very innocent and naive child not knowing the prejudice around her. As the story continues, she gains knowledge of the prejudice, by fellow kids around her accusing her dad of being a "nigger lover" which back then, was an insult to white people. Scout's dad Atticus, is a criminal defense lawyer, appointed to defend an innocent black man named, Tom Robison, accused of raping a white girl. Maycomb is a racist white community, and if you are black and accused of a crime you would be automatically guilty despite the evidence. At the end of Tom Robinson's trial the jury reaches a verdict of guilty. While being escorted to prison Tom makes a running break and climbs up the fence and gets shot numerous times in the back and dies. Bob Ewell the father of Mayella Ewell who accused Tom Robinson of rape, felt that Atticus and the judge had made him look stupid, he vowed he would get back at them. To get even with Atticus he attacks Scout and her brother Jem, as they walked home from a Halloween party. Lucky for them that Boo Radley, the non-sociable neighbor, came to the children's rescue and kills Bob Ewell. The sheriff decides that the story the town will hear about how Bob Ewell died, is going be that he was accidently killed was by tripping and falling on his own knife.

On the poster, my elements were the tree with a knothole, Scout's quote, and a mocking bird. The tree with a knothole is the place where Boo Radley would leave his "gifts" for Scout and Jem. Finch Atticus said, "Shoot, all the blue jays you want, but remember it's a sin to kill mockingbird..." "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." From these instructions Scout in her young age is able to grasp the concept and apply it to a life situation. Scout's quote, "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?", symbolizes the innocence of Boo. The mockingbird symbolizes innocence, and the innocent characters Boo Radley and Tom Robinson.

I would recommend that people ages 13+ read this