To Kill A Mockingbird

Many say that the central theme in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird is southern society and racism, but the central theme is the mockingbird, of which racism is a small part. Atticus Finch, a lawyer and father of two children living in Maycomb, Alabama, says: "they say that to kill a mockingbird is a sin because all the mockingbird does is sing for us all day." The mockingbird symbolizes something or someone who is attacked by society unjustly, and that includes two characters.
First, the mockingbird theme holds true for Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man who works as a field hand and is charged with raping a white girl and put on trial. Atticus defends Tom in the trial and makes it clear that Tom is innocent and even proves that someone else was responsible for the girl's wounds: her father. Even though Atticus has proved Tom innocent, he is still declared guilty, put in jail, and sentenced to death.
Another character, Boo Radley, also fits the mold of the......

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Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
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