Tom Robinson – the reason why he is a mockingbird is because he helped Mayella ewell , without any reward or expecting anything in return , but was then taken to court for “raping” her. On top of this it was mayella trying to kiss him , not tom doing anything to her .
A quote i am going to use for this is “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn-cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us ” .All Tom Robinson did is help and in return he goes to court for not doing anything wrong .
Atticus – He helps or supports everybody , Atticus does not discriminate , whereas lots of others in Maycomb do .He took the case for Tom Robinson not expecting to have the jury decide in his favour , but instead out of the kindness of his heart and to prove something. He also treats Calpurnia as an equal unlike Aunt Alexandra . if we refer back to the quote that i said earlier on , i can say that all he does is help people , no matter who they are .
Dill – He lost his innocence in the court case when he realised that Tom Robinson and most black people are not treated equally , we know this because he cried about it outside , when he met Mr Dolphus Raymond . He doesn’t like the fact that people are discriminated for their colour or even the choices they make .
Mr Dolphus Raymond – He lives with a black wife and has mixed race children . He acts like he is an alcoholic , this is because the citizens in maycomb would disapprove if they knew or thought he had taken that decision himself and not because he was “drunk” .
Jem- He loses innocence when the tree was filled up wit concrete by Boo Radley’s brother . this broke off the connection between Jem and Boo Radley . he is a mockingbird because he makes the right decisions and knows what he is doing even-though it is not very obvious , he doesn’t do anything wrong , for example when dill was at their house after travelling back from meridian Jem told Atticus knowing that he would not be angry and actually treat him nicely .
Boo Radley – He has given things that are potentially are precious and have a sentimental value to jem , this was a way to show their bond or friendship. He tries to good , but gets blamed for anything bad happening . He is a hero ,not a villainous person , i cant say why ( it would be a spoiler for people who haven’t read that far yet) .
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