There is a helpless and defenseless man in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird. ... He was a kind of "mockingbird" in the novel. Miss Maudie said it best when she said "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us." Tom is compared to a mockingbird, an innocent being who did nothing wrong yet was punished because people had full control over him. ... His status helped him, instead of hurting him, like Tom's did. ...

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• Grade Level: High School