Symbolism To Kill a Mockingbird
What do these symbolize? mockingbird the mad dog the tree house camellias the gun the cemented hole in the tree columns on buildings - jail Atticus' pocket watch Boo Radley Tom Robinson Miss Maudie’s Nut Grass Mrs. Dubose
Ideas community gone mad; berserk a retreat from the world the old genteel South, living in the past an abuse of power–Atticus' view; a means of power–the lynch-mob view stories and "singers" or storytellers being thwarted racism that must be destroyed at roots persistence of the old South – monolithic resistance to change; a façade love of an absent mother innocence courage