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Tom Robinson's Guilty In 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
In my English Language Arts Class, we have been reading a book called “To Kill a Mockingbird” and in the recent chapters we have been reading about an African American man named Tom Robinson who “raped” a white female named Mayella Ewells but I don’t think he is guilty in this essay I will be telling you why I think Tom Robinson isn’t guilty.

I think Tom isn’t guilty because they found marks on the right side of Mayella’s body and found choking marks around her neck, but how would Tom Robinson do it if his left arm is crippled from a childhood accident when he was a little boy. Another reason why I think he isn’t guilty because Mayella invited Tom in then she grabbed him around his legs and jumped onto Tom the she kissed him. The reason

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