In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the mockingbird represents the harmlessness and kindness in people. They are the people who do no harm, and only want to help people and live their lives. Tom Robinson, a crippled kind hearted and hardworking black man, embodies the ideals of the mockingbird. Mr. Robinson is wrongly accused and unfairly tried for supposedly raping the daughter of Bob Ewell, a spiteful and cruel white piece of trash. Tom Robinson’s innocent and hardworking personality personifies the purity of a mockingbird. Tom Robinson is only guilty of one thing, being a black man accused by a white man. Tom had no chance of justice in court, because “in the secret courts of men’s hearts, Atticus had no case. Tom was dead
