...farthest from a hypocrite.

What is a mockingbird? Besides being the obvious, a song bird, why would Harper Lee entitle his classic To Kill a Mockingbird? Because the mockingbird.. it represents something.

"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." -Miss Maudie

So the mockingbird seems like a pretty innocent creature, at least described by Miss Maudie, and that's what I believe it symbolizes- innocence. But this symbol must be significant in some way other than that, and because we haven't read part 2 yet, I believe that the idea of innocence will play a big part in the rest of the novel. We'll just have to wait and see, but i think the idea of the mockinbird is introduced early in the book because by the conclusion of the novel, we will have a greater understanding of this idea of innocence, and why it was "killed".

So far the character that I have taken the most interest in is Atticus. Miss Maudie tells Scout that her dad was a checker champion, that he can play a Jew's harp, and we later find out that he's an excellent marksman, but he doesn't tell his children this.
He's an extremely modest person, and I think that's why I take so much interest in him.

"People in their right minds never take pride in their talents"- another quote from Miss Maudie.

Atticus is definitely a character that is in his right mind, because he takes no pride in his abilities. Atticus is also a character who "practices what he preaches". He tells Scout and Jem that he loves everybody, not regarding the color of their skin or their monetary class. And though his choice to defend Tom Robinson in his trial results in negative feedback from the townespeople, he still does it. Because he truly does believe in the idea of equality he professes, and is the character farthest from a hypocrite that I have read about his summer.