Sunday, January 26, 2014

What do the pocket watch, marbles, and drawing of a bird symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The gifts in the tree symbolize innocence
and friendship.


Boo Radley leaves a variety
of gifts in the tree for the children to find, until Nathan Radley cements the hole. 
The children do not know who is leaving the gifts at first, but when they realize that
Boo left them they know that he is reaching own.  When Nathan Radley cements the hole,
they realize he is preventing Boo from interacting with the outside world.  Scout is
worried that Boo will get in trouble when she realizes he has put a blanket on her
shoulders.  These events change their perception of Boo, and they begin to see him as a
secret friend.

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