Themes

 Key Themes from //To Kill a Mockingbird//
 * //"...it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" - the mockingbird in the proverb is a harmless creature which does its best to please its hearers by singing, but which is defenceless against hunters. The wrongness of killing a bird is evident, but it becomes a metaphor for the wrongness of harming innocent or vulnerable people.//**

Comparisons and Contrasts
 * Past and present
 * Old people and young people
 * Male and female characteristics
 * Justice and injustice
 * Progress and tradition
 * Innocence and experience
 * Light and shade