Jonathan Hagar4/21/2014To Kill a Mocking Bird: Literary ElementsHarper Lee's novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” uses symbolism through the mockingbird, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley, to describe the idea that "errors of judgment are easy in a world of prejudice and racism." The mockingbird is a symbol in the novel that represents the innocence carried among the characters. The characters in the novel symbolize the mockingbird and are unfairly influenced by forces of a negative nature. Miss Maudie tells Scout, "The Mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy." They don't devour people's gardens, they don't nest in corn cages, they don't do anything but sing their hearts out to us. This is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This particular quote shows that if a character is harmless, others should not harm them or impact them in a negative way. Mockingbirds are depicted as people seen from the right perspective, but are usually misjudged and seen as Blue Jays, which symbolize people with bad intentions, like the one Boo Radley messed with. Miss Maudie describes...