Tom Robinson Innocent

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. . . That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119) Throughout time the innocent have been thought of as easy targets and have been preyed upon . In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson is a young black man who was innocent, very honest, and hardworking . Yet he was unfairly targeted as being a criminal because he was a 25 year old black man who lived in Alabama during the 1930’s. He always helped anyone who asked for it and he never asked a for a cent from anyone. Tom Robinson best represents the mockingbird in this novel because he does nothing but help others is kind. and Yet people took advantage of his kindness and his generosity and that got him into a whole lot of trouble. Tom was always kind and generous to everyone. He would do work for others when he could have been at home with his family and he never asked for money from his extra tasks of the day. During his trial Tom is talking about how he would help Mayella with her chores that she could not do. He says, “”Looked like she didn’t have nobody to help her, like I says--” . . . Mr. Gilmer smiled grimly at the jury. “You‘re a mighty good fellow it seems--did all this for not one penny?” “Yes, suh””(Lee 263-264). This reinforces the idea that Tom is innocent and that he would
Harper Lee makes Atticus and Miss Maudie look very smart when they say, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. . . but sing their hearts out to us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). Tom is the Mockingbird, he doesn’t do one thing but “sing” for the people in his life. The guards have surely committed a sin in the end when they shoot Tom at the prison. We should all remember to enjoy the mockingbird’s song and not take the beauty of them for granted. All the Mockingbirds should be able to fly