To Kill a Mockingbird

sing their hearts out for us and never ruin anything. Who has ever thought of it being a sin

to kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee is a writer who expresses her childhood as the plot and

the Mockingbirds symbolizing certain characters(Tom Robinson and Boo Radley) in the

novel, basing them on what occurs to themselves and their reactions towards it. Racism

was a big part of the story, mostly involving in the conflicts and just the normal lifestyle of

Maycomb County. Could you imagine such a story like this, happening realistically. In

the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee expresses Dill, Mayella, and Boo as lonely

characters who attempted to combat their loneliness.

Dill is a dynamic character who is introduced as a 7 year old boy who knows how

to read and will be staying with Miss Rachel every summer in Maycomb County. Dill

becomes good friends with Jem and Scout, and they end up getting very involved and

mischievous with the Radley place and Boo. Throughout the novel, Dill is a lonely child

who hides his feelings about the truth. Dill really doesn’t have a family that takes care of

him, his mother just sends him to an

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He also is said to eat squirrels and cats and just be

the freak of Maycomb.

Mayella Violet Ewell is a static character who is not mentioned much in the story

and doesn’t have many characteristics to build up a well developed character. Since the Ewells were against most blacks,

Bob Ewell caught Tom at the house and when he ran away, Bob ended up raping his own

daughter and blaming it on Tom. Boo is

talked about much around Maycomb, how he led a rough childhood by being in a gang of

tragic kids who disturbed the county and got in trouble numerous times. Many folks were wrong about Boo because he really has a

good heart and eventhough he’s not around much, he’s there when you need him. Also, it is said

that Boo once stabbed his own father in the leg with a pair of scissors, pulled them out and

continued on with what he was doing. Mayella threatened by her father, was forced to lie in her

testimony. Dill hides the truth by telling Jem and Scout lies; saying how

his father is rich because he conducts the railroad, then becomes a pilot, and now over the

summer they will be building a boat together. Since all she does is work around the house, she

has no time to have a friend so she keeps herself busy with her loneliness. y family member who is willing to take him and he

unfortunately has no father. Throughout the novel he helped Jem and Scout by doing things

for them, such as putting a blanket over Scout while Miss Maudie’s house was on fire,

placing all those things in the tree hole for them, and the major thing, helping them escape

from Bob Ewell killing them. Dill makes this all up so he can fit in with

the crowd and feel like someone is there for him. Mayella’s loneliness destroyed her life and not only that, but now she’s

lonelier then ever. The loneliness of characters, such as Dill,

Mayella, and Boo identified there part of the story and they caused turning points

throughout the novel.

The most loneliest of all characters is Arthur “Boo” Radley, who has been locked

up in his house for 25 years.

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