“Let the dead bury the dead Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.”
After Boo Radley kills Ewell, the sheriff realizes that it was boo who killed him. He didn’t want to put Boo in the eyes of the public though, because he hadn’t been out of the house in so long, he wouldn’t know how to handle it. The Sheriff decides that he really does need to just let the dead bury the dead, so that is what he tells Atticus. I think what he means is just let what happens happen. You don’t have to try to fix things that are unfixable. Some things, you just have to leave as they are. That, I think is what Harper Lee is trying to tell us. The only example I can think of right now is when you get broken up with by your boyfriend or girlfriend; everyone dwells on that and acts like it’s the end of the world, and everyone has done it. I can tell you from experience though, it’s better to just let go. When you let go and move on, you can get on with your day to day life. You can go forward and just keep swimming.
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