In harper lee’s to kill a mockingbird, the image of the mockingbird carries great symbolic weight. based on the following excerpt, what could the mockingbird symbolize?

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 mockingbird.

the mockingbird symbolizes the beauty of music because it gives immense pleasure to people through its melodious singing.
the mockingbird symbolizes the softer side of nature, because unlike most wild creatures, it doesn’t harm human habitat.
the mockingbird symbolizes life that should be preserved for the nonmaterial value it provides people through its singing.
the mockingbird symbolizes the aesthetic beauty of nature because it lifts the moods of people by singing its heart out.

The correct answer is The mockingbird symbolizes the softer side of nature, because unlike most wild creatures, it doesn’t harm human habitat.

Explanation:

What the mockingbird symbolizes in this excerpt is nature on its kinder side.

Since there are many creatures that kill or inflict damage to the human habitat, mockingbirds are one of the few creatures that dedicate their entire lives just to sing and to please the ears of human beings with their singing.

That is why, as the extract says, killing them should be a sin.

where is the poem at?

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.