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How is the gun in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a symbol?

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Whereas the mockingbird is a symbol of innocence and all that is pious, the gun is (most likely) racism, deciet, and discrimination. The reason that Atticus didn't let Scout and Jem shoot a mockingbird was because it sang and made beautiful music; it didn't hurt or kill animals or other.
You could stretch it farther and say that Tom Robinson was the mockingbird and Bob Ewell is the gun.

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