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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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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“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
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Trials of Life Life is all about experiencing‚ learning‚ and growing up. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee shows many examples of growing up during the Great Depression. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the South during the 1930’s. The novel is a summary of the lives of the Finch family and their learning experiences. Atticus Finch‚ a single parent and lawyer‚ informs and advises his kids as well as many others about the realities of life. Jem and Scout‚ his children‚
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The historical Scottsboro Trial and the fictional trial of Tom Robinson in the book To Kill a Mockingbird have striking similarities that may or may not be coincidence. Both trials took place in Alabama during the same era of relentless prejudice and bias‚ which is a major factor in each of these cases. In both cases‚ the accusers were white women and the persecutors were black men; therefore the black men were immediately considered liars and “wrongdoers”‚ unlike the word of the white women‚ which
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people were put on trial and given the choice to plead guilty or they die trying to prove their innocence. These trials were the Salem Witch Trials. Convicting those innocent citizens can be viewed as killing a mockingbird; mockingbirds are innocent and they don’t harm anyone. This is exactly what Harper Lee showed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses characters that have had innocence stripped from them and indirectly compares them to a mockingbird. The mockingbird was used as a symbol
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was the opening statement of the trial. Considering Tate being under oath‚ one would presume that he’d speak of only the truth and nothing but the truth. However‚ when reviewing his statements along with Bob Ewell and his daughter‚ Mayella‚ some aspects tend to contradict one another. In Tate’s testimony‚ when he arrived at the Ewell
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In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson‚ a casualty in the fight for equality in place of racism‚ becomes mistreated. He went through some horrible predicaments especially in the event of the trial. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson‚ shown as an innocent victim by the racism‚ circumstantial evidence‚ and opposing evidence‚ does not deserve a guilty verdict. Judge Taylor‚ shown as an "amiable‚ white-haired and ruddy-faced" man‚ becomes faced with the running of an unjust law system
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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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“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” This quote represents the essence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel casts light onto the idea of childlike innocence‚ sharply contrasting it with the prejudiced nature of adults. It follows the coming-of-age‚ or‚ at least‚ maturation of Scout. In this novel‚ the meaning of the opening phrase and the novel as a whole is shaped by the development of the protagonist‚ Scout‚ from a state of childlike ignorance and innocence to facing the realities of
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