Dill Harris the Mockingbird

Dill can be described as a mockingbird due to his loss of innocence and what his reality around him is really like becomes apparent to him.

For example on Page 219 during the courtroom scene, the attorney is cross examining Tom Robinson in a very hateful and disrespectful manner as if he weren’t a worthy citizen of Maycomb. Watching the scene unfold before him, Dill begins to cry due to the verbal abuse he ia hearing someone receive simply because of they’re skin colour. This shows that Dill could have been living in his own reality where the world around him is perfect and everyone lives a happy life. He then realises the racism around him and how even the small things such as words can have big impacts. There is proof of how Dill felt when he says “that old Mr Gilmer doin’ him thataway, talking so hateful to him” is an example that he realised the racism around him.