Summary Of Tom Robinson Trial And To Kill A Mockingbird

After Tom Robinson was charged with raping 19 year old Mayella Ewell, he was taken to court and Atticus had to defend his case. On page 212 of the novel Tom Robinson states that he ran away from Mayella when she had kissed him because he was scared, Atticus asked him why and he said “ Mr Finch, is you were a nigger like me, you’d be scared, too.“ Tom said this because of the society that they lived in where all “Black” people were not to be trusted. Atticus did his best to prove to the jury that Tom Robinson was not guilty for the crime that he was charged for

Tom Robinson enters To Kill a Mockingbird accused of raping Mayella Ewell but leaves To Kill a Mockingbird dead. Atticus Finch the defendant in Tom Robinson’s case and the father of Jem and Scout, did not fail Robinson, Robinson’s family or his own because he tried his best to prove that Tom was not guilty. For example , Miss Ewell explained that the attacker in her testimony, Tom Robinson had force himself on her, began to hold to her by the neck and hit her repeatedly after she asked him to bust up a chiffarobe for her. Heck Tate, the sheriff and witness of the trial had said Mayella only had bruises on both the neck and right side of her face, this now raised a red flag for Atticus. For Robinson to beat Miss Ewell repeatedly on the right side of her face he would have to use his left arm which got caught in a cotton gin years before. The disability that Tom Robinson had created great evidence for Atticus’s defense but didn’t work because of the unjust community they both live in. Maybe it would have worked if the trial was held in a courtroom that is built on justice for all, not just for the white.

- “In an act of extraordinary bravery, Moses Wright took the stand and identified Bryant and Milam as Till's kidnappers and killers. At the time, it was almost unheard of for blacks to openly accuse whites in court, and by doing so Wright put his own life in grave danger.”

The murderer cases of emmett till and trayvon martin have many similarity. Emmett till and trayvon martin were physically beaten and shot to death. According to article “A Longer look at the Emmett Till Trayvon Martin Comparison”, it states “two men in nineteen fifty five murdered 14 year old Emmett Till Chicago teenager visited relative in mississippi.In the same article a Longer look at the Emmett till Trayvon Martin comparison.”Martin was

Both trials were based off of false accusations against black men. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was accused of rape by Mayella Ewell. And in the Scottsboro trial Charles Weems, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, Ozie Powelll, Olen Montgomery, Eugene Williams, Willie Roberson, Roy Wright, and Haywood Patterson were accused of rape by Ruby Bates and Victoria Price, a known prostitute. “The witnesses for the state have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, on the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption-the evil assumption-that all Negros lie, that all Negros are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber” (Lee 204). This quote was stated by Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird in the court and he is stating the beliefs of most people in the south during the Great Depression. These trials took place during a time of segregation and racism so most people took the side of the white women. Both of the juries and judges for these trials were white. Because of this, the accused had no chance of getting equal treatment or justice. The last and most important similarity between the Tom Robinson trial and the Scottsboro trial is the similarities within the court.

Furthermore, both text have events that are similar which explore the theme of prejudice. In both stories there are two court scenes one where Tom Robinson is trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell and the other was where a groups of white men are trialled for bombing a black man’s house. “In this country, courts are the great levellers and in our courts all men are created equal.” However Tom Robinson was innocent but only could get another trial and the white men were guilty but had their sentence suspended. “In our courts when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s the white man

Tom Robinson is an example of a mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson was a black man in 1930, therefor it was unfair from the start. Tom Robinson was nothing but a kind man, he never harmed anyone. Tom saw Mayella struggling around the house. Her father was a drunk that left her to fend for her and the children. She did her best but once in awhile when Tom was passing by the EWell house Mayella would invite him inside the fence to see if her would help her with little tasks. One day she invited him inside to fix a door. When he got inside to fix the door her found there was nothing wrong with the door. That is when Mayella kissed Tom, however Tom is wrongfully charged with rape.

In the book Just Mercy, the case of Walter McMillian and the case of Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird have various similarities in the way their trials developed. They were both convicted of a crime against a woman, the white people were certain they were guilty, and their lawyers worked hard to prove their innocence. There is significant information in To Kill a Mockingbird, that you see in the real case of Walter McMillian, that shows there is definitely truth in fiction. These cases reveal the credibility our justice system and how a town can work together to make an innocent person look guilty.

In to kill a mockingbird the defendant Tom Robinson is a young black man and the plaintiffs is Mayella Ewell, a young white girl . Through colorism black people seem to appear as “bad” whereas white people are seen as “good”. Tom Robinson has the poor event of being judged .

I am reading the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This book is about a girl named Scout Finch who lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, during the Great Depression. They live in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb is a town where everybody knows everybody. There is currently a trial taking place; Mayella vs. Tom Robinson. Tom has been accused of rapeing Mayella. Tom has pleaded not guilty for the crime he has been accused of. In this journal I will be evaluating Tom’s character and questioning why the Ewells may be lying.

O.J. very likely committed the crime he was acquitted of while Tom didn’t likely commit the crime he was convicted of. There is lots of evidence that supports the fact that O.J. killed his wife. Mrs. Ewell, however, had little evidence that Mr. Robinson truly beat and raped her.

In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, the black man falsely convicted of rape, had absolutely no chance of a fair trial. There is proof of this in the time period in which it occurred as well as evidence from the novel itself. Tom Robinson had an unfair trial because it was his word against the Ewell’s, a white, trashy family.

A significant difference between the Steven Avery case and the Tom Robinson case is that in Tom’s case he actually knew Mayella Ewell the person who accused him of rape. Meanwhile in Steven Avery’s he had no idea of who Penny Beerntsen his accuser was. Another remarkable contrast between Steven Avery’s case and Tom Robinson’s case was that in Steven’s case Penny Beerntsen accused him of rape without full consent/ intention, on the other hand in Tom’s case Mayella Ewell was fully aware that Tom did not commit the crime she was accusing him of intensionally hurting him. Although the cases prove their fair share of divergence the cases do come together when it comes to the treatment in the courthouses. In Tom Robinson’s case and Steven Avery’s case the court and its officials are each against Steven and Tom. The court and jury rather be rid of each said individual then deal with either Tom Robinson or Steven Avery. ( Making a Murderer, To Kill a

Just like Tom Robinson, Emmett Till was just an innocent and generous african american male that liked to help people. The two of them were both killed based on the prejudices that white men had, about african americans being around their women. The only difference in these two scenarios were the reasons on how they came to die.

When Tom Robinson was convicted of a crime and sent to a trial that he had no chance at winning, he had lost any bit of innocence that he would ever get. In a time where the black community faced constant prejudice and discrimination, it was near impossible for any African American to be let off as innocent for any crime. And the sad part to it is that a lot of the blacks sent to trials and jail weren't even guilty of any crime at all, they were innocent. Tom Robinson was sent to a trial for the rape and beatings of Mayella Ewell. No one believed Tom on his innocence and when Atticus, his lawyer at the case, hands down proved his innocence, he was still going to be convicted as guilty. If it had come down to where they had to sit in front of another jury and do the same thing over and prove his innocence again, he still would probably be convicted as a guilty man. In the end Tom would be sentenced as guilty on not fact, or logic but by wrong prejudice ideas. With the broken judicial system and sideways beliefs of the time Tom Robinson lost any little hope he could ever wish for, he was completely stripped of his innocence.