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When I reflected over the book and the ending, I was left with a feeling of optimism. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this book from high school by reading it again. There was one quote that helped me find the likeness of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson resemblance to a mockingbird. It is found in chapter 10, when Miss Maudie is telling Scout why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. “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 corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” page 90, chapter 10. 
Why is this the mockingbird an appropriate reference for Tom Robinson? Because he never really committed the crime Mayella Ewell accused him of. Similar the mockingbird, Tom …show more content…

One of the ways that’s I seen that was very similar between the two characters was that they were always being judged. They way that they were different was Boo was very much so like a child, innocent, naive, curious, loving, and not prejudice. This is shown in the last few chapters after Jem was attacked “Will you take me home?” He almost whispered it, in the voice of a child afraid of the dark. I put my foot on the top step and stopped. I would lead him through our house, but I would never lead him home. “Mr. Arthur, bend your arm down here, like that. That’s right, sir.” I slipped my hand into the crook of his arm.” ... “We came to the street light on the corner, and I wondered how many times Dill had stood there hugging the fat pole, watching, waiting, hoping. I wondered how many times Jem and I had made this journey, but I entered the Radley front gate for the second time in my life. Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the front doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, went inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again.” page 278 chapter

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