Mockingbird Motif

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a mockingbird motif is used to show innocence and good. Boo Radley is an example of a mockingbird. He only helps people, he doesn't harm them. It is said after he saves Jem and Scout's lives that it would be unfair to tell people that he saved them because he obviously wants to be left alone (he hasn't been seen for many years), it would be unright to harm someone by forcing attention on him when he has only helped people.

The mockingbird motif also used to illustrate the major themes, such as growing up. Throughout the book, Scout's perspective on Boo Radley has been constantly changing. She slowly relises that he isn't the phycopathic criminal that the town makes him out to be. He is just someone who does nothing to promote the rumors other than stay in his house instead of put up with all of the wrongs in the world. He does nothing but make beautiful music; he is a mockingbird.