Tom Robinson is a black man living in the town of Maycomb. He is 25 years old and has a wife and children. He works in the cotton fields and occasionally stops by the Ewell’s house to do some heavy lifting.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is being defended by Atticus for being accused of raping Mayella Ewell.

Tom Robinson’s character relates to a mockingbird because he doesn’t do anything but mind his own business. Although he has other responsibilities, Tom Robinson takes the time out of his day to occasionally help Mayella Ewell.

“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'”That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.”‘Your father’s right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.” (Lee 119)

This quote relates to Tom Robinson’s situation because he doesn’t pester anyone, but helps when he can and I think the author is implying that it’s a sin to accuse an innocent man like Tom Robinson of rape.

We know that Tom Robinson’s left arm is disabled because, in the novel, Jem says,

“Scout, look! Reverend, he’s crippled!’ Reverend Skyes leaned across me and whispered to Jem,

‘He got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy…like to bled to death…tore all the muscles loose from his bones-“(Lee 249)

He was unable to choke her with both hands like Mayella and her father claimed, and as Atticus showed, Mayella had been hit by a left-handed individual because her right eye had been hit, therefore, Tom Robinson shouldn’t have been proved guilty.

Tom Robinson resembles a mockingbird because all he does is what he has to do, and helped Mayella Ewell with chores when he didn’t have to.