There are a lot of themes in the book To Kill a Mocking bird which is one of the themes because killing mocking birds is a crime and they don't do anything to hurt people or be a nuisance. This is reflecting on Dill and Tom Robinson. Dill didn't do anything to his family but try to love them. He knew in his heart that his parents didn't want him to live with them anymore which proves my point that he was innocent and didn't do anything wrong but got hurt because of his parents. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Ms. Mayella Ewell on November 21st '' On November 21st i was passin the Ewell place as usual and miss Mayella asked me to come help her for a minute"(192). The real story is that she came at him and tried to kiss him and all he was doing was trying to get away without hurting her and that reflects on the theme a lot that he didn't do anything and that he was just trying to help her with some of the things she needed him to fix.
The whole theme of the mocking bird goes along throughout the story because Boo Radley was accused of being crazy to when all he wanted was someone to talk to and someone to not think that he is a freak. When he Kept putting goodies in the knothole for jem and scout that showed that he was an all around good person and he wanted nothing but to have some friends. It also shows that he is innocent and when he stitched up Jems pants that shows that he was really nice and he wanted to help out jem. The greater meaning to all of these innocent characters are that they should be treated nicely and not be accused of rape, breaking up the family, or being a crazy man when no one knows what really happened and if they are bad people or not.
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I agree with you when you say that Tom and Dill are two mockingbirds inside this book. Dill is someone who strives to make other happy even if it hurts him. Tom is like a mockingbird because of his race. If Tom wasn't a negro then he wouldn't have been convicted of the so called "rape" charge. So i do agree.
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