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References to the title in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mocking Bird suggest that both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are "mockingbirds." The reader is led to understand that the term suggests an innocent harmless creature that should not be made to suffer. Both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson fit such characteristics. Just like a mockingbird doesn't do anything but sing, both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley just help people out, never doing anyone …

…out and resumed his activities." Boo's case is not as serious as Tom's as he is never actually convicted of anything. Nonetheless, he faces prejudice from Maycomb, because his behavior differs from everyone else's. Both Boo and Tom are mockingbirds that are victims of the prejudice and ignorance of their fellow citizens. They both go to show the injustice that sometimes occurs in the world, and the helplessness of people to do anything about it.