Another important point is what mockingbirds do for us (people). Maudie points out what they "don't do" like nest in corn cribs or mess up people's gardens. However, they make music and sing for us. This is how it truly ties in with both mockingbird symbols in this book. Tom Robinson goes out of his way to help Mayella when she needs it most. He expects nothing out of it at all. Then she blames him for something he didn't do, just to cover up what her alcoholic father does to her on a daily basis. Tom is the mockingbird just because he only helps when he can. He never harmed a hair on that girl's head. Boo is then the second mockingbird for risking his anti-social personality (and risking the opportunity to become a hero in the eyes of the town) to save the lives of "his children."
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