(to kill a mockingbird)
"shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
jem and scout know that atticus is serious about the above statement because
-that was the only time they heard atticus say it was a sin to do something
-atticus wasn't interested in guns
-atticus preferred them to shoot tin cans rather than birds
-atticus wouldn't teach them to shoot