To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee-and the significance of the title.

The title "To Kill a Mockingbird" is very significant to the theme of this novel. Atticus explains to his children "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, they 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"(90). The word mockingbird can also be used to signify someone who …

…people. Due to the Extreme racism in Maycomb County a young woman was brutally beaten and a young man was shot to death. Racism took over the court in Maycomb county and Tom Robinson was robbed of his rights. If this trial had occurred today Tom would have been given a fair chance because today's juries are chosen selectively. They do not favor any race and they make their decisions according to the evidence shown.