Mockingbird Motif

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird has most definitely increase my understanding of the term "motif" and how it is used to create symbolism to relate to characters, events, and themes. The "mockingbird motif", is used to represent innocence in the novel, and there are many reappearences throughout the book to enhance themes and develop characters.
One example of theis motif relating to the theme, or a"mockingbird" in the book is Tom Robinson. He adds a symbol meaning, by exemplifying the theme of racism and prejudice, as he is the target of it throughout the story, during the trial, doing things for Mayella Ewell, all of which finally led up to his death near the end of the book as an innocent person. Hence the title of the novel. Another example is near the end of the book, as Atticus and Mr. Tate are discussing the fate of Boo Radley. Tate believes to put out Radley as a hero would be killing a mockingbird, due to his innocent nature and character throughout the book, but in fact not bringing justice would be bad as well. This ties in with the theme of justice vs. injustice, due to them being faced with the difficult to decison of leaving Boo Radley alone and not serving justice, or revealing him as a hero to the town and putting his quiet, innocent life in danger.

My Best Friend-Jackson

My best friend Jackson is a very smooth, easy going person. He is easily identifiable distinct black/brown curly hair, and eyes, and his AC/DC or Led Zeppelin shirts. Jackson enjoys playing the guitar and listening to music, though his tastes are pretty much limited to the two bands listed above. His tastes in sports leans toward baseball and basketball, and he is probably one of the better pitchers I've seen. Most peoples opinions about him are either love or hate, as he can be annoying sometimes, and rub people the wrong way, but most people would say he is a good friend and a cool person.
Jackson is very outgoing and cool to hang around. He doesn't really care what other people think about what he does, and enjoys being his own person, and is one of the most creative and interesting people I've ever become friends with. Some people may think he is isolated, and that nobody would want to be friends with such a "weird" person, but he actually has a very large circle of nice people that love his unique and awesome, me included.