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The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird has a lot of symbolism entwined into it. Harper Lee, the author of the novel, used symbolism to show a discordant society the characterization of racism and other evils that occur throughout the novel. Part of this shows that within a community, if there is no agreement on important subjects like racism, there will only be hatred. The mad dog that showed up in February has a major symbolic purpose. It represented the quarreling town’s racism, Atticus’ struggle against it, the foreshadowing of Bob Ewell’s death, as well as other things. Tim, the rabid dog, was described as, "a liver-colored dog, the pet of Maycomb." People were used to him being around, and was used to them. One day in February something went wrong, and Tim showed up on the street twitching with a disease. Tim represented racism in the town of Maycomb. February is a strange month to have mad dogs be around. They usually show up during the summer months. It comes to show that racism will always be around, no matter what period of time it is.
Approximate Word count = 679
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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