Tom Robinson Tom Robinson is a Negro. He walks past the Ewell’s house every afternoon to get to his own. On the way past‚ he sees Mayella Ewell‚ the daughter of the drunken mess‚ Bob Ewell. Miss Mayella sometimes asks Tom if he can help her with some jobs around the house which she can’t do. Tom Robinson is a nice man and always agrees to help out. But one day‚ he was accused of raping Miss Mayella‚ by Bob Ewell. As the town of Maycomb do not accept blacks‚ they immediately see the worst of
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Tom Robinson Tom Robinson is an African American man Atticus defends when he is accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. Tom is a young‚ harmless‚ innocent‚ hardworking black. As Scout realizes‚ His left hand had been injured in an accident. Tom was married‚ with three children and worked for Mr. Link Deas in his farm. The only mistake he made was that he took pity on Mayella and often helped her by doing small household chores for her. He pitied Mayella for her deplorable condition and
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Tom Robinson was an honest‚ trustworthy‚ loyal friend to me. Tom has never meant to hurt anybody‚ let alone a young woman. He was a respectful person and a good neighbor. He was always there to assist those in need. He could be standing with us today‚ carrying on his own like the good man he was. It was very clear to the citizens of Maycomb that Tom was an innocent man that was falsely accused by Mayella. They did not need solid proof because apparently his skin color was enough to get him in trouble
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The Trial: I walked into the court room‚ and looked at the jury‚ they were all white‚ I knew that it would have to be a miracle to get the jury to come back with the verdict that Tom Robinson was innocent. But I had a plan. If the trial goes well‚ I will appeal against the verdict‚ and then the court case will go to another place‚ where the jury won’t be so biased against black people. The trial started and the first person who took the stand was the Sheriff‚ Mr Tate. The oppositions Lawyer‚ Mr
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tried‚ and they may have been lynched before they got the chance. Today‚ all trials are judged fairly‚ and all courtroom roles can be of whatever race. The influence upon Harper Lee to write her novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ was based on real life events. These include the Scottsboro Trials‚ expectations upon women in the South‚ and Jim Crow Laws. The first real world event that motivated Lee to write her novel is the Scottsboro
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committed is a crime on its own. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird a trial involving a Negro‚ Tom Robinson in opposition to a white man‚ Bob Ewell‚ is present. Tom Robinson is charged of sexual assault against Mayella‚ Bob Ewell’s daughter. As the trial continues on Atticus’ defense of Tom Robinson manifests the innocence of the accuser. Furthermore‚ all evidences presented were all in favour of Tom Robinson. Despite this fact‚ Tom is charged guilty and soon he is shot dead because of his attempt on
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“Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (Lee‚ 323). In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a trial‚ in the year of 1935‚ between a low class white family and a black man occurs. It is significant because narrator‚ Scout Finch‚ and brother‚ Jem Finch‚ learn through this case their key morals dealing with racism. Tom Robinson‚ the black male‚ is accused of raping a white female by the name of Mayella Violet Ewell. Mayella‚ daughter of Bob Ewell‚ comes
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Lee‚ demonstrates growing up is during the Tom Robinson trial. Both Scout and Jem suffer from several people referring to their father Atticus as a “Nigger-lover” for his defense of Tom Robinson and criticizing his profession. At first‚ both Scout and Jem deal with the situation incorrectly‚ by choosing to fight back. One night Mr. Cunningham and some other men decided to visit the jail in hope of killing Tom Robinson instead of letting him go to trial. But Scout had stopped the mob by saying to
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Today a trial took place at the small court in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. A nineteen-and-a-half year old white woman named Mayella Ewell and her father filed a rape charge against a maimed black man.The courtroom was packed to the brim with white and black viewers. The judge‚ Mr. Taylor‚ was draped lazily across his chair‚ looking very well asleep‚ as the prosecutor drilled first Mr. Tate‚ the local sheriff‚ then Mr. Ewell‚ and finally Mayella. According to the witnesses‚ the girl asked for Tom Robinson’s
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The case On August 21 Tom Robinson supposedly raped Mayella Ewell inside of her home while she asked him to do a little work.. Atticus defends Tom and does his best to keep the jury thinking about the case and not the skin color of Tom. Atticus found out that Mayella’s dad was left handed and that Tom’s left arm was unusable and that he could not have abused Mayella with just one arm. Tom Robinson Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell because he’s been in the Ewell house multiple times
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