to kill a mockingbird fiction 4

"Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

This is one of the most famous quotes from the book and it teaches a really good lesson I think. I had never known what the phrase "to kill a mockingbird" mean until i had read this passage in the book. It means a lot more too because it comes from the hearo of the book, Atticus, who lives his life the way that it should be lived, full of hardwork and selflessness.