In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee the motif of mockingbird is introduced. When Atticus tells scout about killing a mockingbird he says how it is not right to kill a mockingbird because it is innocent. This motif shows up several times in the book. Tom Robinson, a local black man who is accused of rape, could possibly be innocent or guilty. There is no evidence that Tom is guilty so it leaves you to believe that Tom is innocent. Tom ends up getting shot 17 times and dies trying to escape from prison. Tom is innocent and was killed (mockingbird).
Another example of the mockingbird motif is Scout and Jem. Atticus (Scout and Jems dad) was defending Tom Robinson and the guy who wanted Tom to be convicted (Bob Ewell) swore to Atticus that he would get him back for defending Tom. One night when Scout and Jem are walking home from a play, Bob attacked Scout and Jem when they did nothing wrong.
The mockingbird motif shows up several times in this book because of all of the people that are innocent and killed/attacked
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I thought that there were other characters in "TKAMB" than Tom Robinson who were mockingbirds, like Walter Cunningham. Did you find any other characters
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