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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hear‚ whether it is through social networks or through their friends. Words are twisted‚ rumors are made‚ and then innocent people are punished for crimes and actions they didn’t commit. That is exactly what happened in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about a worn out town named Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ that has a lot of racism and equality issues. There are many different types of people including the farmers‚ the townspeople (people who have better jobs) and teachers
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or a social expectancy‚ they are more likely to give in and join the majority. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a father puts his two children in danger by defending a black man from being accused of rape in the 1930s. This dark time period in America’s history was responsible for the Great Depression and severe racial conflict. Despite the constant pressure from society‚ Atticus Finch defends the black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ doing what’s right even if it may be perceived as wrong. Throughout the book‚ Atticus
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future is at stake! No matter the race would you‚ a fine person want a faultless man to be killed? Tom Robinson is that man‚ and he has been accused by Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella of rape and abused towards the latter. Tom‚ the innocent man man that he is was accused of rape on the 21st of November. Even from the day that Tom was born‚ his parents always taught him to be respectful. When Tom was walking past Mayella’s house and she asked for help‚ his polite and respectful self helped her
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To kill a Mockingbird has evil‚ hypocrisy‚ and injustice all throughout the book in many places‚ but the main thing being racism. This book is set in a time where racism is still happening in the world and it is a big part in the book. This book mainly focuses on Tom Robinson who is a black man accused of rape. Evil is found in many places in To Kill A Mockingbird. A form of evil in this book is racism because of the time setting of the book. Blacks in the time of the book were not treated as they
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culture. Social class is often directly related to racism. Tom Robinson and the Blacks in Maycomb were subjected to racist comments that were connected to their social standing. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” it shows that even though a person could be in the better part of society‚ they treat people under them with a racist demeanor. The same goes with people above them‚ they’ll do in some cases the same way.“To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in
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5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0… All it took for three bodies to be flung to the ground‚ lifeless. The blood-curdling screams from his friends rang constantly throughout his mind. “Heh. Fools. You call yourself the Warriors of Light? You’re merely lambs‚ lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the name of His Majesty.” His hands trembled in fear‚ unable to grip the cold‚ blood-stained floorboards of the Grandship. Unable to register what had happened. Unable to breathe. A mocking laughter bellowed from the monstrous
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equal also faces similar problems. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in the southern city of Maycomb‚ Alabama which can cause different ethnicities to face inequality because of the color of their skin. In the novel‚ a lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and his two children‚ Scout and Jem witness many similar experiences with social inequality. An African-American‚ Tom Robinson faces social inequality from people in this town. Similar to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus’s neighbor‚ Arthur Radley
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Tom Robinson was innocent of raping Mayella Ewell. In the story it talks about how Mayella got punched in the eye with the left hand but Tom couldn’t have done it because his left hand is crippled. Reverend Sykes said‚ “He got it caught in the cotton gin‚ caught it i Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy...like to bled to death...tore all the muscles loose from his bones-”(186). This explains what happened to Tom’s hand and that he couldn’t have punched Mayella with his left hand because
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To Kill a Mockingbird was written to show the Great Depression in the southern United States and what life was like during these times. Maycomb‚ Alabama is a little town where each person knows who you are‚ your class‚ and race. In Maycomb‚ race was a huge issue. Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ was accused of raping and beating Mayella Ewell‚ a poor white girl. However‚ Atticus Finch‚ a white man‚ who was representing Tom proved to the court and town Tom did not rape or beat Mayella‚ but Tom did not win
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