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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Section 4 - Brittney
The meaning behind the phrase "to kill a mockingbird is a sin" some what touches on the topic of humanity, but more like the absence of humanity. A mockingbird is a generally is a very harmless bird. It sings to bring happiness to those around it and it would be a cruel act for an individual to kill a mockingbird, because it does no harm to anyone. In the book, mockingbird refers to the kind-hearted people of society. Everyone assumed that Boo Radley was a nasty and mean spirit that haunted the society of Macomb. However, he left presents in the tree for the children. Tom, who represents the black’s struggle against oppression in a white-dominant society, is killed without committing any crime. Society pays for their “sin” of killing the mocking birds; “for the wages of sin is death.”
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Brittney, who do you think most represents the mockingbird, if anyone? And how do you believe the society pays for that sin? I agree that it would make sense that they do because it tracks with the moral of the story. But Maycomb in particular seems to walk away unscathed from killing the mockingbird. Everyone forgot about Tom.
ReplyDeleteKatie, I think that both Tom and Boo Radley could be considered the mockingbird. To bring Boo into the lime light for saving the children could have ended up taking away from what he did and who he is as a person (Mr. Tate said it would be a sin to do that to him).
DeleteI think I agree with your belief that society is paying for killing the Mockingbirds through the deaths that occur in the book, however if it weren't for turmoil in the plot line everyone could appear to be a "mockingbird" while in fact they would turn bad the instant they were put into a difficult situation. Without challenges we would fail to see who really prevails as an innocent, well-meaning character. Do you believe the book would have carried as much impact of a message as it did if any of the character developments had unfolded differently?
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