Tom Robinson is a black man who works in Link Deas’ cotton fields. He is twenty-five years old and has a wife and children. Tom is a respected member of his community and is referred to as a clean-living person by Calpurnia. Mr. Robinson is also portrayed as an innocent, sympathetic man, who is falsely accused of assaulting and raping Mayella Ewell after he willingly offered to help her with chores. Society uses race, location, time, and many other factors to impact lives. Tom Robinson is changed
oppression, manipulation, and discrimination of the African American population in the southern United States is revealed by the Robinson family, or mainly Tom Robinson, the father. Harper Lee used To Kill a Mockingbird to address the all too forgotten issue of the discrimination of black people in the legal systems of the South. Tom Robinson is the epitome of legal
In this story the characters that appear are Scout, Jem, Dill, Calpurnia, Atticus, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, Robert Ewell, Mayella Violet Ewell and Maudie Atkinson.This story of what I think it is that Atticus was helping the character of Tom Robinson who in history was accused of raping the daughter of Robert Ewell being the innocent. Atticus was helping Tom Robinson that he was innocent and that he had not raped Mr. Ewell's daughter but the jury found him guilty despite the evidence that Atticus
right for Atticus to take a stand for Tom Robinson because Atticus was trying to teach Jem and Scout to be wise, and to not be racist, because he didn’t want to put his kids in danger. Tom Robinson didn’t have the capability to stand up for himself. Tom Robinson was the kind of man who was too afraid of people because he was afraid that he was going to end up in jail or end up in a trial. If Atticus wouldn’t have helped Tom Robinson with the case, then Tom Robinson would most likely be put in jail permanently
characters from the book that have their own unique way of singing their own song are Atticus, Tom Robinson and Jem. In the story Atticus plays the role of a lawyer and has two kids named Scout and Jem. Atticus at the time had to defend a black man named Tom Robinson in a case when he claimed to have raped a white women. Atticus defends Tom with everything he could but of course at the time no one believed Tom because he was black and they lost the case. This shows how Atticus is very loyal and he respects
Although a lot of people thought that Tom Robinson was guilty of raping Mayella, there was substantial evidence that shows that he clearly was not guilty of the crime he was accused of. Tom Robinson was accused wrongly of a crime he didn't commit solely because he was a black man. Tom being black in the 1930’s meant that no matter what he said or what evidence proved, he still would be accused of the crime he didn't commit because of his race. Tom was put on trial because he was accused of raping
consequences of Mr. Ewell. Yes, it does make sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson because this case will show that Maycomb county is full of racist people, This will also show that Tom Robinson and the black community is just like everyone else, and finally Atticus should defend Tom Robinson because Atticus is not like other people and he didn’t just give half effort for this case, he tried his hardest to help Tom Robinson. Yes, Atticus
chapters 16-23, we are ultimately introduced to the hopeful beginning and the final verdict of Tom Robinson’s trial regarding rape. The trial plays an important part in relation to the plot because it portrays the theme of a mockingbird by constantly alluding to the fact that Tom Robinson is innocent with all evidence against the Ewell’s claims, yet the jury along with many of Maycomb’s residents conclude Tom Robinson to be guilty due to his racial status. Also in the beginning chapters of the section, we
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I urge you to bring back a verdict to of guilty for Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson should be guilty of many reasons, Tom did rape Mayella Ewell for many things he had done in the past. The first thing Tom Robinson is black, he shall not be trusted for the crime that he committed. He paced past Mayella Ewell's house a lot and he was scouting her house many times. He said to Bob Ewell “I’d do anything, even if it's helping around the house”. He probably said
that courtroom. A trial in which Tom Robinson is held responsible for raping, young Miss Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer in the trial and has to prove Tom Robinson’s innocence against two white people. Atticus’s purpose is to convey the concept that racism and prejudice is still occurring in Maycomb and as a county they haven’t done anything to change their ways of living. Atticus has to convince the jury, who are white men, that Tom Robinson is innocent. He applies a rhetorical