In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, the image of a mockingbird carries great symbolic weight. Based on the following excerpt, what could the mockingbird symbolize?

The Mockingbird symbolizes innocent people hurt by circumstances outside of their control. In this story the circumstance would be r--cism and Tom Robinson would be the mockingbird. He was proven innocent, yet he was still charged with r - a - p - e and as--sault because he was black.

Explanation:

I read this book two years ago for class and I really liked it. I remember my teacher asking us this question and I was very shocked by the answer. I thought it was a really cool thing to include in the novel so it stuck with me.

Of course, you didn't provide the excerpt mentioned in the question, so this may not be entirely accurate, but I think this is the answer.

I had to censor the answer before I uploaded bc wouldn't let me say the words, so correct that before you submit it, lol.