1. To Kill A Mockingbird
Literary Analysis

2. Themes Coexistence of Good and Evil/Morality Scout Jem Atticus
Mr. Raymond & Tom
Boo

3. Themes Existence and Discovery of Prejudice/Loss of Innocence Scout
Jem
Atticus
Mr. Raymond & Tom
Boo

4. Themes
Coming of Age
Scout
Jem
Dill

5. Symbols
Mockingbirds
Represent the idea of innocence. Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. 
After Tom Robinson is shot, Mr. Underwood compares his death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds.”
At the end of the book Scout thinks that hurting Boo Radley would be like “shootin’ a mockingbird.”
Miss Maudie explains to Scout: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Jem and Scout’s last name is Finch (another type of small bird)

6. Symbols Arthur (Boo) Radley Boo proves the ultimate symbol of good
the children’s changing attitude toward Boo Radley is an important measurement of their development from innocence toward a grown-up moral perspective.
At the beginning of the book, Boo is merely a source of childhood superstition.
As he leaves Jem and Scout presents and mends Jem’s pants, he gradually becomes increasingly and intriguingly real to them.
He saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell.

7. Symbols Arthur (Boo) Radley cont.
At the end of the novel, he becomes fully human to Scout, illustrating that she has developed into a sympathetic and understanding individual.
Boo, an intelligent child ruined by a cruel father, is an important symbol of the good that exists within people. Despite the pain that Boo has suffered, the purity of his heart rules his interaction with the children

8. Symbols The Radley House
Represents mystery, fear, and ultimately understanding
Not only are the Finch children afraid, but all of Maycomb avoids the house
Boo becomes a figure of superstition, a convenient excuse for bad things happening. Perhaps the house takes on such an evil reputation because Boo is never seen; when the kids look for him, all they ever see is the outside of the house, and like Boo, the house is isolated from its community
At the end of the novel, Boo disappears into the Radley Place, and Scout says that they never saw him again. But with her knowledge of what the world looks like from inside it, she'll now see the Radley Place as a living house instead of a dead one.

9. Symbols Tim Johnson (Mad Dog)
The dog's name to sound suspiciously like that of another character. Tim Johnson…Tom Robinson? Coincidence? Maybe.
Scout's memory of her father shooting the dog does pop up more than once in situations involving Tom, specifically in the courtroom
 In both past and present, she's waiting for something to happen; both times, she has no power over the outcome.

10. Symbols Tim Johnson (Mad dog) cont.
Atticus's skill with a gun was able to save the neighborhood from the mad dog; will he be able to do the same for Tom?
“I saw something only a lawyer's child could be expected to see, could be expected to watch for, and it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty”
Even Atticus's talent for sharp-shooting can't do anything if the gun isn't loaded.

11. Motifs Gothic Elements The unnatural snowfall
The fire that destroys Miss Maudie’s house
The children’s superstitions about Boo Radley
The mad dog that Atticus shoots
The ominous night of the Halloween party on which Bob Ewell attacks the children

12. Motifs
Small Town Life
 the slow-paced, good-natured feel of life in Maycomb
The horror of the fire, for instance, is mitigated by the comforting scene of the people of Maycomb banding together to save Miss Maudie’s possessions
 In contrast, Bob Ewell’s cowardly attack on the defenseless Scout, who is dressed like a giant ham for the school pageant, shows him to be unredeemably evil.