Symbolism in To Kill A Mockingbird

Which of these characters would NOT be considered a mockingbird, or an innocent destroyed or injured by evil?

• Jem

• Tom Robinson

• Bob Ewell

• Boo Radley

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Flowers are huge symbols. Who did the red geraniums belong to and what did they represent?

"...against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson.”

• The geraniums belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson and represented her sharp tongue.

• The geraniums belonged to Mayella Ewell and represented Mayella wanting something better for her sad life.

• The geraniums belonged to Mayella Ewell and represented her wanting revenge for being assaulted.

• The geraniums belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson and represented her vibrancy as a person!

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Jem cut down Mrs. Debrose's camellias after repeat abusive comments from the angry, racist neighbor. She admonished him and remarked the only way to kill flowers it to start "at the root". What could the flowers symbolize?

• How the issue of racism is bigger than one person and to battle it you have to get to "the root"

• How Jem was in the wrong for hurting "an innocent", in this case flowers.

• How Mrs. Debrose deserved to have something she loved destroyed

• How strong the roots of racism are and how difficult it is to kill it

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What could the snowman symbolize?

• Overcoming racism since Jem has a mixture of brown and white.

• Intelligence conquering ignorance since Jem thought of a way to still build a snowman despite having not much snow

• The evil of Mayella's assault

• The best way to understand others is to walk in their shoes

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Whose death does the snowman (who later melted) foreshadow?

• Boo Radley

• Tom Robinson

• Maudie Atkinson

• Aunt Alexandra

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This character symbolizes innocence AND is obsessed with Boo Radley.

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This character RARELY leaves home. He symbolizes innocence while his father embodies cruelty.

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Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

• They are sacred and holy

• They sing for our enjoyment and don't bother anyone

• They are protected by the government

• They are an endangered species

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Aunt Alexandra disapproved of the way Atticus was raising his children. She symbolizes...

• traditional Southern manners and rule following

• New ideas and change

• educational progressivism

• inexperienced teachers

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The first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, symbolizes stagnant progress and forbids Scout to ...

• let her father teach her to read.

• play in the nearby pond.

• fight with Dill.

• check out the more interesting books for the older students.

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