Atticus: “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Miss Maudie: “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 anything but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” What do you think they mean?
A:It is unethical and sinful to hurt something innocent and not threatening.
B:Bluejays make better targets because they fly faster—if you shoot a bluejay, it means you are a great shot.
C:Mockingbirds are on the endangered species list, so you can be arrested if you shoot one.
D:Cans are more challenging and fun to shoot at, so why waste time with birds.