Three
significant symbols in Blues Aint No Mockingbird are Granddaddy Cain, Camera, and the
hammer.
Granddaddy Cain: He symbolizes dignity, nobility, and leadership.
While his co-workers were referred to as just waiters, he was held in esteem as The Waiter. As
a leader, Granddaddy uses his hands both as a tool of comfort and protection. The narrator
reminisces, Then Granddaddy holds his hand outthis huge hand I used to sit in when I was a
baby and hed carry me through the house to my mother like I was a gift on a tray. Like he used
to on the trains... And said he had engines in his feet and motors in his hands and couldnt no
train throw him off and couldnt nobody turn him round. They were big enough for motors, his
hands were. He held that one hand out all still and it gettin to be not at all a hand but a
person in itself.
Camera: Camera symbolizes invasion of privacy, exposure,
and potential danger. All of Cameras actions and words are exploitative,...
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