Maycomb’s Twins Certain uncanny resemblance’s between Tom Robinson and Boo Radley’s lives exist in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. In this novel, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson both symbolize the mockingbird. A mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world more pleasant with it’s song. Both Boo and Tom were peaceful people who never did any harm. The first parallel in the lives of Tom and Boo focuses on their property. Tom lives in the “nigger nest” (175) near Mr. Ewell but outside of the city limits. A person’s status often relates to his property, and the interpretation of that