To Kill a Mocking Bird
Tom Robinson, the Guilt Free Man
“What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” (Lee 203) In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, an innocent and nice black man was accused a raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer, and he has it all under control and is able to prove his point that Tom Robinson is not guilty. Tom Robinson is not guilty because the jury is inconsistant, there is no evidence of rape, and an important thing is that Tom Robinson can not use his left hand, which is one of the key things to this trial. Despite the fact that everybody thinks that Tom Robinson is guilty for the rape, he is not. Atticus Finch fully explains and shows that there is no way Tom is guilty. People automatically think that Tom Robinson is guilty because he is black, but that is not fair at all.
One reason that Tom Robinson is innocent is because the jury is inconsistant. Mayella and her father Bob Ewell are both saying different things from each other. For example, Bob says “Her eye was blacked and she was mighty beat up.” (Lee 176) But then Mayella says “ No, I don’t recollect if he hit me.” (Lee 185) So they both don’t know what really happened. When Bob Ewell goes up to testify, he acts like he already knows what he is saying. So he made it seem like he planned out a lie to tell.
Another reason that Tom Robinson is innocent is because there is no evidence. If Bob were to walk in and completely see what was going on, and saw how beat up she was, then he should be so concerned about making sure she was okay by going to the doctors. Bob Ewell says that he never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his in his life, and if he had it would have cost him five dollars. (Lee 175) Bob acts so concerned with what happened but he doesn’t care enough to spend
“What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” (Lee 203) In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, an innocent and nice black man was accused a raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer, and he has it all under control and is able to prove his point that Tom Robinson is not guilty. Tom Robinson is not guilty because the jury is inconsistant, there is no evidence of rape, and an important thing is that Tom Robinson can not use his left hand, which is one of the key things to this trial. Despite the fact that everybody thinks that Tom Robinson is guilty for the rape, he is not. Atticus Finch fully explains and shows that there is no way Tom is guilty. People automatically think that Tom Robinson is guilty because he is black, but that is not fair at all.
One reason that Tom Robinson is innocent is because the jury is inconsistant. Mayella and her father Bob Ewell are both saying different things from each other. For example, Bob says “Her eye was blacked and she was mighty beat up.” (Lee 176) But then Mayella says “ No, I don’t recollect if he hit me.” (Lee 185) So they both don’t know what really happened. When Bob Ewell goes up to testify, he acts like he already knows what he is saying. So he made it seem like he planned out a lie to tell.
Another reason that Tom Robinson is innocent is because there is no evidence. If Bob were to walk in and completely see what was going on, and saw how beat up she was, then he should be so concerned about making sure she was okay by going to the doctors. Bob Ewell says that he never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his in his life, and if he had it would have cost him five dollars. (Lee 175) Bob acts so concerned with what happened but he doesn’t care enough to spend