Have you ever seen a Mockinbird before? All they do is sing for people to hear, never harming anyone. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird Scout and Jem were told it's a sin to kill a mockingbird, but in some ways Tom Robinson and Boo Radely became Mockingbirds themselves.
Scout and Jem were also Mockingbirds at one point in the book. Mockingbird is the representation of someone who bothers no one, and is harassed for no good reason. When Scout and Jem were walking home after the pageant, they were very innocent not doing anything except walking home. Then all of a sudden were attacked by Bob Ewell. All Jem and Scout were doing was walking, and just out of nowhere this happens. Not only were they not harming anybody then, but never really harmed anybody in the whole book.Atticus told Scout"It is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all they do is sing beautiful music for us to hear"(Lee 95).
Another example of a person having the symbolization of a Mockingbird......

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Title: To Kill A Mockingbird
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