To kill a mockingbird - Title's Importance

... To Kill A Mockingbird? The title of the book means nothing at first. A mockingbird is just a species of birds but after reading the book, you find out it is a metaphor for innocent people who don't do one thing but are destroyed by evil people. This tells us the book is about innocent people and how their lives get ruined by other people. Throughout the book many people represent Mockingbirds, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Dolphus Raymond. The title is first explained when Atticus buys Jem and Scout Air Rifles and tells them they could "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you could hit 'em, but remember, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." The bluejays represent the bad people and the mockingbirds are the innocent good people. Miss Maudie later explains why mockingbirds are innocent. "They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for

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