Symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee exhibited numerous examples of symbolism. Prejudice, being one of the main themes of the novel, it was also the main base of symbolism. The rabid, or mad dog, symbolized many things, the courage of Atticus being the central one. If you really think about it, the snowman that Jem built was in a way symbolizing the equality of blacks to …showed first 75 words of 659 total…

…showed last 75 words of 659 total…mockingbird, harmless and innocent, he was shot inevitably because he lacked faith in the system after all the injustice that had been done to him. Symbolizations using the rabid dog, the snowman built by Jem, and the mockingbird that represented many types of people was a great technique used by the author. These symbols allowed for easy reading of the novel and also made it a lot more interesting than it would have been otherwise.