How would it feel to be tried and convicted for a crime that was misunderstood by just someone’s own skin tone? Well that happened to Tom Robinson. Why talk about this? Well it all ties into the book itself. In one of the plot lines. The central idea of To Kill a Mockingbird is that people need to see both sides of any story, throughout the story so far it’s been about seeing both sides to every argument, fight, and conflict.
One of the main plot lines is that Atticus Finch has to defend a black man who is accused of raping a white girl. In chapter nine of the book Atticus’s brother and him have a late night talk about how Scout hit Francis and how he sided with Francis without seeing Scout’s side of the story and about the Tom Robinson case. Atticus speaks very much about equality and how we need to be in the other person’s skin and body. If society was still back in the time when the book took place everyone’s perspectives and personality would be completely different. Back then it was normal
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Mr. Cunningham’s mob arrived at Robinson’s jail. The purpose of the people was that they wanted to lynch Tom Robinson right before his trial. Scout decides to intervene and talk to Walter Sr. Cunningham about his son Walter Jr. so after sometime of asking questions Scout gets no answer. Then Mr. Cunningham’s mob goes home after Scout a little girl talks some sense into the mob. To end this essay, the central idea of To Kill A Mockingbird is that the read/ers have to see both sides of everything, any stories, any fights, and any conflicts. Through the book there has been multiple conflicts and fights. One of the main character is fighting a battle where the odds are heavily stacked against him, but he doesn’t give up because he is thinking about the other person who is Tom Robinson where Atticus knows he’s innocent but people find him guilty purely based on his skin