What does the mad dog symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?

What does the mockingbird symbolize in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

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  A mockingbird in to kill a mocking bird isn't an acual bird. It represents inocent, nice, only could do good, easy target people in the book. Like the black man or Mr. aurthor/boo. Mockingbirds symbolize peaceful things that don't cause any type of harm. Like Atticus says, "It is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because they only give us beautiful music." In this case, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are mockingbirds. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a mockingbird is a bird that Scout and Jem are not allowed to shoot because it does no harm to anyone and only produces music. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both mockingbirds in a sense, since they did nothing wrong but were still punished. Actually, in general, the mockingbird represents innocence, which is why you would describe Jem, Scout, Boo, and Tom as mockingbirds. Because they are innocent. It symbolizes innocence. A mockingbird after all only sings for us to hear its music. They don't bother us or harm us. It's a sin to kill something so innocent or bother them. The 2 mockingbirds in this novel are of course tom Robinson and boo radley... Mockingbirds are birds that sing and don't do anything bad so to kill one is a sin because as stated before, they don't do anything and are innocent. They represent people such as Tom Robinson, perhaps Mayella Ewell and Boo Radley. Also a page #, 90 perm abound version.