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Mayella is a mockingbird because despite the stuff that has happened, there are pieces of evidence to show that it was Bob Ewell who has forced her to do it due to the fact that he sexually abuses his 19 yr old daughter everyday and he possibly threatened her that if she told the truth, he probably would've killed her. As her life was at stake; she did the choice to lie on Tom Robinson since she was scared and guilty. She felt guilty of lying about a black man and letting her father hurt her in any kind of way. That's why she is a mockingbird.

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Mayella is not a mockingbird because she is not misunderstood. Scout recognized that she tried to keep clean. Scout recognized that she tried to make the world beautiful.

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I for one think that she is not a mockingbird. She broke a 1930s moral southern code. She sent a innocent black to life in prison because she was afraid of the repercussions that she would face if she had told the truth during the trial. She was also ashamed of her actions of catching feelings for a black man. In the 1930s, to kiss a black man or for any reason a black person without and plausible reason, lets say being really drunk like Dolphus Raymond, is practically a sin. This sin caused trouble and harm into an innocent man's life, who already doesn't need anymore trouble. If mockingbirds are defined as something or someone that does not harm and they just makes music, there is no way that her sin could be unaccounted for. Therefore NOT making her a mockingbird.

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Many make the point that Mayella's harmful actions where done under duress. However a biological mockingbird has no means to do harm. Although Mayella's actions are well justified she has still done harm which would disallow her to be classified as a mockingbird, because the definition of mockingbird by Zachry is," 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 corncribs, they don't do one thing  but sing their hearts out for us."(lines 5-9). It is already established that Mayella's actions have caused harm, if the harm counts when under duress is another matter entirely. A large characteristic of mockingbirds is that they make music. Mayella is mainly confined to her yard and it is suspected that her father rapes and beats her. Is it plausible that someone in this state could make music for us to enjoy? Mayella does not have the characteristics which constitute a mockingbird. She seems more like a crow which harasses the nests of other birds and produces no sound which could be considered music. Not that I don't like crows their vocalizations are just not musical in the same sense as song birds. no offence intended to any crows/government officials reading this. The crows have infiltrated all the worlds governments while humans are none the wiser, you never know when they are listening.........

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@everbody chill out dang cant even hear dang put all dis energy into yo test come at me bro's

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@WHOEVER SAID THAT she is not a complete sinner, she has HUMAN DUALITY

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@Johnathan parker  She felt "guilty". Isn't that a good thing? Learning from your mistakes basically change your character. Plus, she was very helpless just like all natures of mockingbirds. She bring positive vibes to her house yard and siblings by taking care of them.

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@JOHNATHAN PARKER  excuse you, mayella was forced to lie by HER FATHER.

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@Everyone who thinks she isn't a mockingbird: Everyone who is a mockingbird has hurt someone at least ONCE in this novel. Like Taniya said, Atticus killed Tim Johnson and Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell. Mockingbirds aren't saints. They don't always do good. And the thing is: If you were in Mayella's position, would you put yourself at risk if you were already scared, have already been beaten half to death and raped?

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YOUSSEF - SHE IS A MOCKING BIRD. FIRST LETS SHOW OFF WHAT A MOCKIN BIRD IS. IT IS NOT A BIRD THAT MOCKS YOU. LETS USE TEXUAL EDIVENCE FROM MISS MAUDIEO WHEN SHE SAID, ""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 corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird." AS WE CAN SEE, MOCKINGBIRDS ARE A THING. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO DONT MAKE OTHER'S LIVES HARDER BUT MAKE IT EASIER. MISS MAUDIE IS A MOCKINGBIRD BECAUSE OF HER COMPASSION FOR TOM ROBINSON AND HIS HELP IS BREAKING UP HER CHIFFAROBE. SHE IS ACTUALLY GOOD TO TOM. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS HATED BY THE TOWN BECAUSE OF HER INABILITY TO ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS DURING THE ROBINSON CASE, WHEN, IN FACT, SHE IS JUST UNDER MENTAL PRESSURE BY HER PAPS BOB EWWWWWWELL. SHE DOESNT MAKE OTHERS LIVES HARDER, SHE MAKES THEM EASIER. SHE LIVES IN A SHABBY HOUSE NEAR THE DUMP WITH HER SIX KIDS, BUT SHE IS NICE AND WELCOMING TO TOM. ASKING HIM TO HELP HER. SO THEY BOTH ARE MOCKIN BORDS. MOCKING EACH OTHER. CONTERARY TO WHAT MOST THINK, WHITES ARN'T WELCOMING TO HER CAUSE SHE LIVES NEAR THE DUMP, BLACKS ARN'T WELCOMING TO HER CAUSE SHE'S WHITE. HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA MOST WHO SAY SHE ISNT BE LIKE: "OHHHHHHH, ITS CAUSE SHE TESTIFIES AGAINST OLL TOM ROBIN, AND MOCKINGBORDS DONT HARM OTHERS LIVES" WHELLL GUESS WHAT?!!! ITS ONLY CAUSE MISTER OL BOB EWWWWWWWWWELLL FORCED HER TO, WHILE IN FACT HE IS THE ONE GUILTY OF THIS CRIM. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHA

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@kylia Mockingbirds are not saints. Arthur is are mockingbirds. Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell. Mayella was coerced into testifying against Tom Robinson. She beaten half to death by her father.

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Mayella a is not a mockingbird, because a mockingbird does not harm anyone. Mayella causes harm to Tom Robinson. She cause Tom to be arrested and later he gets killed.Shehad a choice to not lie and not harm Tom, but instead she lied.Tom was so kind to her and she lied about him. Mayella is not a mockingbird,she is a victim.

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Mayella is not a mockingbird ! A mockingbird is someone who does no harm to anyone or does nothing to hurt anyone in any way possible. Mayella was a good person at first because all she did was right. While Tom was one of the people who treated her with respect and cared for her. Mayellas father was the one doing wrong to her for sexually assaulting her. At the trail Mayella could have stood up and told the full truth and only the truth but she lied with her father and became just as bad as him. Tom did nothing to harm anyone and Mayella lied on him and had him killed just to go right back to being sexually assaulted. Nothing would get better for Mayella because she lied on Tom. If she really told the truth she could get away from  it and her father could be the one being put away for his wrong doings.

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Mayella is definitely not a MOCKINGBIRD.The book clearly states that "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 corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." Which means mockingbirds don't do anything to hurt anyone they only bring positivity to the community.Mayella LIED constantly in court that is the reason she didn't put her hand on the bible she felt guilty because she knew she was about to lie.

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@Tyquan She is trying to be good but because the predicament she is not able to . This girl is illiterate and killing him was most likely not her intention

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@Taylor She never directly, or intentionally harmed Tom in any way. She was blackmailed into testifying in the first place, and she just flat out had nothing to do with his death. He was the one who tried to run, she didn't make him.

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I would say both but she is mostly a mockingbird. She briefly fits the definition of a mockingbird. A mockingbird is harmless, helpless, and are unable to defend themselves. Mayella was forced to lie or her father will do something very devastating. Even though she IS harming Tom Robinson but her father forced everything into her to lie. She take care of her siblings, do house chores, and put flowers to their trash house yard. Which is basically taking GOOD care of things around her. She can't defend herself from her father so she is helpless just like all natures of helpless mockingbirds. She felt really guilty which shows her good side and see her own mistake.

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Mayella is not a mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird. There are several mockingbirds in the novel that meet the definition of a mockingbird which is defined by Mrs. Maudie Atkinson, “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 corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill mockingbird.” Mockingbirds are symbolic people who don’t cause disturbance to the community but tend to be revolted against by the community; rather than take or shield themselves, they give back to the community. Mayella isn't a mockingbird but Tom Robinson and Dolphus Raymond are both. Comparing Mayella to them, Tom and Dolphus both did not crack under the pressure and retaliation from their community but rather gave back. Tom did unpaid services from the Ewells and Dolphus gives the community a reason for loving his colored children and his black wife even though the reasoning is wrong; rather than give back Mayella accuses Tom Robinson for crime he didn't commit. A mockingbird would have taken the abuse that she would have received if she didn't take Tom Robinson to court. While she has duality and can love black people which is socially unacceptable in Maycomb her bad and uneducated part of her duality takes over by taking Tom Robinson to court.

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@TAYLORYall think because Mayella "hurt" Tom Robinson she is not a mockingbird. SHE DIDNT HURT TOM HER BOB EWELL DID. She was forced to do that against her will im sure if she had a choice she would have told on her father, but her father wouldve killed her.

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Edwin Reyes : Mayella is a mockingbird. The definition of a mockingbird is somebody that does not do any harm to anybody and is misunderstood. Mayella is misunderstood because she was sexually abused by her father. She was sexually abused her whole life her father forced her to lie on Tom Robinson. She really didnt have a choice to say no to her father which has been sexually abusing her whole life.

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@xavier AD-HOMINEM ATTACK!!! Nope.

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I believe Mayella Ewell is a mockingbird. Mockingbirds, in this book, are people who are misunderstood and don't do any wrong. She is a misunderstood person and her father abuses her mentally, emotionally, and physically. Mayella grows up in a horrible home. She helps out a lot in her house and cares for and basically raises her siblings on her own. Mayella doesn't have any friends or any one her age to talk to about what's going on in her life. Mayella falls in love with Tom Robinson because he's the only person who is nice to her and helps her out. Bob Ewell catches her kissing Tom and is furious and beats her. Mayella is afraid of her father and that is the only reason she "agrees" to accuse Tom of rape. During the trial, Mayella is noticeably afraid of her father and even says that she doesn't recall Tom hitting her, but then she realizes she messed up.

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She is not a mockingbird because mockingbirds don't do anything but good to people and they don't hurt others. Mayella doesn't fit this description because she lied on tom robinson which is huting him which makes her NOT a mockingbird

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Mayella is a mockingbird. A mockingbird is someone who does no harm to anyone, only singing and doing good for people. She was forced into a situation where she only had one logical choice (to avoid being further abused by her father). She never meant to do any harm and that is what is misunderstood about her.

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Mayella Ewell is a mocking bird. People might say she is not a mocking bird because she hurt Tom Robinson. The real person who hurt Tom Robinson is not Mayella Ewell because she does mean to hurt Tom Robinson, a person she liked. Mayella was forced by her dad to lie to the jury. Bob Ewell always looked at her or leaned when Mayella was talking, so she would not say the wrong thing or the truth. Bob Ewell is the true villian who killed Tom Robinson to avoid the people learning he beats Mayella and sexually abuses her. Mayella was forced mentally, emotionally, and physically to lie about Tom Robinson. LOL

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Mayella Ewell is a mockingbird. Mockingbirds are people who don't do anything to hurt anyone. She was very misunderstood throughout the novel. She was disowned by basically the entire town because her family was known as "the trash of Maycomb." She tried to clean herself up and actually be like other members of the town, but she got disowned by her family in the process. She actually tries to do good for herself and her family. She was also pressured into lying on Tom Robinson by her father, Bob Ewell. She was forced into lying and she was scared to because she knew that she was going to get hurt even more. She already grew up getting raped and beat by her father after her mother died. I would have been scared too if I was in her shoes.

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I think Mayella is a mockingbird, mockingbirds are misunderstood and Mayella was one of the few people in Maycomb who were misunderstood. She was being abused by her father Mr. Ewell ever since her mother died. She had no friends and didn't attend school therefore she had no clue what would happen after the court decision. The only reason she went to the trial to justify against Tom Robinson was out of fear. She was scared of her father so she did whatever he told her to do. It's not easy to tell people you are being abused especially if it's by a family member. Also if she were to confess about her father it would only be her and all her siblings she didn't work or anything so she wouldn't be able to maintain all her siblings economically.

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Skylar Lattimore;  She is a Mockingbird. People may disagree cause she lied on Tom. They also may say she's not cause she had him killed. But a Mockingbird is someone who is not racist. Someone that is good and always helping people. Like Atticus he help people as they're lawyers and Tom. Cause he was helping her breakdown things. Mayella helped take care of her siblings while her dad was gone. Mayella is a nice child , she is beaten and sexually assaulted by her dad. After her moms dies , after her dad catches her and Tom. Tom runs and Bob beats Mayella. And makes her lie about the situation.

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@Xavier In your own statement you said "The definition of a mockingbird is someone who doesn't do anything to hurt anybody. Mayella doesn't hurt anyone( at least not intentionally). That means she still did it.

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She is a mockingbird because she is misunderstood. Her father was abusive to her and it hurt her physically and mentally. Tom was the only person that was nice to her and she began to love him, when Tom rejected her, she acted like her father and starting fighting with Tom. All those years being abused and it became kind of normal to her and it wasn't her fault, she just happened to be the daughter of an evil man. She almost confessed but her father convinced her not to or else he would beat her up like he normally does, she didn't want to hurt anyone she just wanted to be loved but her father was in her head. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHA

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She is a Mockingbird because she is misunderstood and misinterpreted . She is put in a difficult situation and has to deal with it . Nobody is perfect neither are Mockingbirds there are different variations of people

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Mayella is a mockingbird. She is a mockingbird because she was sexually abused and still does good. She cares for her younger siblings, planted the flowers in the trash filled yard, and acted friendly to Tom Robinson. Mockingbirds are people who are misunderstood by society. Mayella is misunderstood because she is ignorant to how regular interactions work, and she was attracted to a Black man.

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Mayella is not a mockingbird. If you truly know the definition of a mockingbird, she doesn't fit the description. A mockingbird is someone who is misunderstood and doesn't do anything to anyone. Mayella could be misunderstood, but she definitely has hurt someone.That someone being Tom Robinson.

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She is definitely a mockingbird. Never once did she intend to do any harm to Tom, but instead she was blackmailed into it with the threat of abuse and molestation from her father. Y'all say that she isn't because she killed Tom Robinson, but the wasn't even directly her fault; he was the one that tried to run.

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Mayella is definitely a Mockingbird. A Mockingbird is someone who hasn't caused any harm and is innocent. It is not Mayella's fault that she accused Tom Robinson. She was PRESSURED into accusing Tom Robinson by her FATHER. The real bad guy is MR. EWELL. The red geraniums Mayella grows shows that she has HUMAN DUALITY. She IS NOT a completely bad person. Mayella is completely misunderstood Tom showed her love, which is something she had never been shown. She just wanted to love him, but her father caught her. He beat her and forced her to accuse Tom of rape. Society would never allow a white woman and a black man to be together, so Mr. Ewell decided to blame Tom. The whole time Mayella was being questioned in court, he father was making sure she did not tell the truth. Mayella had mostly been raped by her father since her mother died. She was probably terrified, to tell the truth. If her father beat her in past, he probably would've again. YALL FORGET THAT SHE IS A VICTIM AS WELL.

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MAYELLA IS DEFINITELY A MOCKINGBIRD!!!! The definition of a mockingbird is someone who doesn't do anything to hurt anybody. Mayella doesn't hurt anyone (at least not intentionally). Mayella does so much good that out weighs the bad. She might have accused Tom Robinson of rape knowing it was her father but that wasn't her fault. Mayella was forced to do something against her will, her father could've killed her if he wanted to. Mayella was afraid for her life! I'm sure if you were in her position you would lie to too. She doesn't do anything willingly to accuse Tom Robinson. SHE EVEN PLANTS beautiful red geraniums among all the trash in her yard to spruce up the appearance of the yard. GOOOOOOOD!!! She is misunderstood, everyone thinks because she accused Tom she is a bad person; NO, she isnt! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

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Tyquan cornball                                                                                                                                                                     Mayella is not a mocking bird because the whole purpose of a mocking bird is to not hurt and to only help i get the fact that she was being abused and was threatened with more abuse but a mocking bird no matter what is happening to them won't hurt someone innocent and her false allegations led to Tom Robinson being executed and not only that she insulted everyone and their mother *_*