To Kill A Mocking Bird Analysis

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There are at least three people who are mocking birds in the book To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. The first person to represent a mocking bird is Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson had a family that included his wife and his three kids. He had a job and a happy life. Then he started helping Mayella with work around her house. One day Mayella asked Tom to come inside because she had “work” inside for him. When they got inside she tempted him. Her father came home and seen what she was doing and was furious. They then decided to press charges on Tom Robinson for rape. In the time period that the book takes place, Tom could lose his life because of what they did. In the book when Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mocking bird it is because

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