The Symbolism in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ becomes more noticeable as you read more into the book…
“The concrete pillars supporting its south roof where too strong for their burden”
The people of Maycomb county were not considering how the black citizens felt and would punish them by discriminating their colour and the way they looked. The concrete pillars could be the black person and the other could be a judge. The concrete pillars were the only two things that stayed standing after the fire in 1865 and the year 1865 symbolises the year of the American civil war.
March 26, 2015 at 1:33 pm
This is not clear. “The only two things that stayed” which only two things. Is the pillars only a symbol of the civil war? “The concrete pillars could be the black person and the other could be a judge” i do not get this.
March 26, 2015 at 9:00 pm
good reference to the history of the building and i do see where you are going with the symbolism with the concrete pillars, the black people and the judge, however, personally i do not fully agree with this. Do you think that this could symbolise something else related to one or several specific characters such as Atticus?