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In chapter 10, Atticus tells the children that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Later, Scout asks Miss Maudie about it and she says that Atticus is right. She goes on to say, “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corneribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

Could Mayella Ewell be considered a type of Mockingbird?

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Throughout the novel, Mayella Ewell does not do any harm, is vulnerable and in need of protection so she can be considered a symbolic type of Mockingbird

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yes all she has every done for the family is help them and she never troubles them she is a full blown mockingbird to the finch family

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