Essay Example on To Kill a Mockingbird is a story that takes place in a small town located in Alabama

1 Tom Robinson was wrongfully accused of raping Mayella Ewell Tom never caused Mayella or anybody else harm he was a hardworking man who worked for Mayella whenever she asked without requesting a reward for his services According to Tom's testimony Mayella had kissed him and because she feared her reputation would be destroyed more than it already was she lied about what had happened Tom was an innocent man good and pure who was unfairly targeted because of his skin color like a bird targeted for its beautiful feathers There is no justification to kill a songbird such as a Mockingbird just as there is no justification to have killed someone who was innocent like Tom Integrated Evidence 2 Miss Maudie said Mockingbirds don t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy they don t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us Lee 119 She clarified this for Scout after Scout had asked why Atticus had said remember it s a sin to kill a Mockingbird Lee 119 Analysis 2 Tom went out of his way to help Mayella when she asked for it He had pure intentions to help someone who he felt right sorry for Lee 265 Most people looked down upon the Ewells but Tom was able to look past their reputation and treat Mayella Ewell with the respect she had never received from anybody else He was able to empathize with the nineteen year old when nobody else could All he did was make her feel respected and for this he was put on trial and killed 

To kill him was like killing a Mockingbird because he brought good to the world and even though he was innocent he was targeted like a Mockingbird is for its pretty feathers Body Paragraph 2 Topic Sentence 2 Boo Radley a recluse is the other Mockingbird in the novel because he brought goodness to the town though he was misunderstood his entire life Integrated Evidence 1 At the end of the novel Scout thought to herself Boo is our neighbor He gave us two soap dolls a broken watch and chain a knife and our lives Lee 373 when she realized he had been misunderstood his whole life Analysis 1 The rumor that Jem told in the beginning of the novel was that Boo Radley was an evil six and a half foot tall person who dined on raw squirrels and cats In reality he is quite the opposite of the tall tale looking after the Finch children from a distance as if they were his own Whenever he saw that Scout and Jem were upset he would leave a gift for them to find and enjoy in the tree in front of his home Not only did he leave presents for Scout and Jem but when Miss Maudie's house was burning to the ground in the frigid winter he gave Scout a blanket When Jem