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The title "To Kill a Mockingbird" is very significant. To realise the true significance you must first understand what the saying means. The full saying is that ‘It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.' This is because mockingbirds do nothing to harm humans. They don't eat crops or hunt native animals. This saying is first mentioned by Atticus when he gives Jem his first gun; "I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This is because all they do is sign and make music for human's pleasure. As a metaphor the mockingbird represents anything that is innocent and "killing" it wrongfully acting upon the innocent. This saying is used as a metaphor to describe many aspects of the novel and it is represented by many characters throughout the story.

The first of these characters is Tom Robinson. The Tom Robinson rape case is the centre of the novel.......

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