Tom Robinson Court Case Analysis

So, to begin, Racism, in the novel/story of to kill a Mockingbird, is exceptionally frequent, and it is a significant piece in the story. Racism is made known by the whites in the town called

Tom Robinson, a Negro man, was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a 19 year old and the daughter of Bob Ewell. The court case took place at the Maycomb County courthouse, and a huge crowd of people, both white and blacks came to watch the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defending lawyer was Atticus Finch. The case was directed by Judge Taylor. The result of the trail ended in favor of the pretender, the Ewell family. The crime took place on the evening of November 21st of last year, near the garbage dump. In Maycomb, the Ewells had lived behind the town garbage dump for years which were once a Negro Cabin.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we see different topics such as coming of age, gender roles, segregation, as well as the two major topics which are racism and social inequality in Maycomb. Throughout the book Lee shows us that social inequalities and racism towards people of color and poor folks was very frequent in Maycomb. Lee uses the Tom Robinson’s trial, the Ewells and the Cunninghams to show how people of color were highly treated less than compared to white people, but even among White people there was prejudice. This went from schools all the way to the justice system set in Maycomb.

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was an influential study of race relations in America in the mid 20th century. The development of the main character, Scout, is closely tied to what she learns from Atticus, her father, and what she learns from watching the unjust treatment of Tom Robinson, who is a black gentleman accused of rape that Atticus decides to defend in a court case. As Scout grows up, she is forced to deal with prejudice that every person living in Maycomb, Alabama seems to demonstrate in their everyday life. When Atticus agreed to represent Tom Robinson, he likely knew that many town people would resent any attempt to prove Tom Robinson was innocent. In this novel, Scout learns that there are right and wrong times when one should

In the novel to kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Tom robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Because he is black The community is against dark skinned people. At the end of tom robinson's trial he is found guilty even tho he isn't. Out of all the testimonies Tom Robinson's had the most impact on the audience because he started to cry and gave very specific details like it happened yesterday.

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of two siblings named Scout and Jem Finch being raised by their father, Atticus, and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout and Jem become interested in their neighbor, Arthur Bradley, referred to as “Boo.” There are numerous rumors and stories about the house Boo lives in as well as the people who’ve resided in it. Scout and Jem meet Dill who spends his summers in their town. Dill instantly becomes hooked on the idea to lure Boo Radley outside of his house.

People will judge, by looks and acts. All it takes is an act of kindness, or a little bit of help to put a smile on their face. It could be that man who is begging for change, or the child in middle school who dresses a bit differently. This is made of in the story To Kill a Mockingbird, is a black man named Thomas Robinson, someone in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, it may not be as everything seem. This makes a case and to explain that appearances do not always match up with reality.

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 230. In this section of the novel, Tom Robinson’s trial date arrives at last. Against Atticus’s wishes, Scout, Dill, and Jem attend, and the three sit in the colored balcony with Reverend Sykes. During the trial, Mayella Ewell, the defendant, is claiming to have been assaulted and beaten by Tom Robinson.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a wonderful classic; in Part 2, it focuses on a trial of a black man who is accused of beating and raping a young white lady. The name of said man is Tom Robinson, and the name of the young lady is Mayella Ewell. Let’s start at the beginning of this story. The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Finch, a young girl at the age of 6 who goes by Scout. Scout and her brother Jem, at the age of 10, live in a southern town called Maycomb. Their father, a man named Atticus Finch, is a lawer. When Jem was 13, Scout 11, and a new friend, Dill, was 11, a trial was held for Tom Robinson. Tom walked by Mayella’s house on his way to work in the fields, and Mayella often asks him for simple favors. The event occurs

“Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.” (Chpt 23, p222)

Rape racism and a town murder are just a few of the chilling events that occurred in the town of Maycomb. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, Jem and Dill learn, that people don't always feel the same way about somethings.

The Struggles in the Face of Racism “Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. ... You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity” by Roger Ebert. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, racism was rapidly spreading across the United States; however in certain places in the US racism was already prominent, one of those places was Maycomb County. When faced with the adversity aimed at Jean Louise (Scout) Finch’s family when her father, Atticus Finch, takes on defending Tom Robinson, Scout learns a thing or two about her character and about the real world that surrounds her.

“Jem smiled. ‘He’s not supposed to lean, Reverend, but don’t fret, we’ve won it,’ he said wisely. ‘Don’t see how any jury could convict on what we heard-’” (279). Jem and Scout were immensely confident their father would win the trial, especially with his evidence. Atticus had proved to the jury that Tom could not have done the injuries to Mayella Ewell’s face because of his disability. “His left arm was a full twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side” (248). This was a indicator that Tom could not have hit the right side of Mayella’s face and caused the bruising. Although even with this evidence, Atticus and seemingly everyone in Maycomb knew that it would be almost impossible to win. “‘I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a color man over a white man. . . .’” (279). During this time period, the rights of a black man were limited. Maycomb had shown an example of this throughout the novel with a white man always being superior to a black man. Jem, Scout, and every Maycomb person sat waiting for that conviction. When the jury finally came in, it was announced that Tom was guilty. Many emotions and changes occurred in the Finch family after this conviction, with Maycomb only talking about this exact news for a short

One of many themes that is evidently present throughout the book is prejudice. The main action is of Atticus defending the innocent ‘Tom Robinson’ who is falsely accused of the rape of a white girl. Tom is discriminated because of the colour of his skin and 99% of the population of Maycomb see nothing wrong with thinking in this way. All except the Finches really. Being

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is a young girl who lives in Maycomb with both black and white citizens. She has to deal with the stereotypes of the town. Scout does not want to be a “girl” so people discriminate against her for it. Scout has never seen Boo Radley before, therefore she makes mixed judgements about him as a person. Atticus is a lawyer doing his job by defending Tom Robinson, but the citizens of Maycomb do not like the fact that Atticus is defending a black male, so they start discriminating against Atticus and his children. Discrimination causes people to treat others unfairly due to actions they disagree with.