Literature Based Essay……..Symbolism The title of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird relates significantly to the plot and characters in the novel. Symbolism is a symbol or event that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself. Through the use of color symbolism in the book The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is able to portray the class and mood of not only the people, and their residency. A daisy …showed first 75 words of 1524 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1524 total…who they truly are, they are unjustly persecuted. When Scout returns from the Radley house at the end of the novel, she tells Atticus that, \"He (Boo) was real nice.\" Atticus responds, \"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.\" Had the attitudes of the people of Maycomb been as open as those of Scout and Atticus, there would no doubt be many more mockingbirds enlightening Maycomb and far fewer sinners destroying the town.