1. Symbolism
To Kill a Mockingbird

2. 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

3. 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