Miss Maudie says Mockingbirds dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They dont eat up people’s garderns, dont nest in corncribs, they dont do one thing but sing their hearts out for us, Tom Robinson is a mockingbird. He helps Mayella to do her chores out of the goodness and of his heart, which people like the Ewells exploit and resulted in his death. Even when Mayella lies to the court and accuses him, he does not get angry but but instead say she’s mistaken in her mind