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How Does Tom Robinson Use Racial Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes a town in Alabama known as Maycomb. This town is where a trial is being held for a black man by the name of Tom Robinson who is accused of sexually assaulting a troubled young white women named Mayella Ewell. The trial results charge Robinson as guilty even though he was innocent beyond a reasonable doubt. Tom Robinson fell victim to the racist mindset of the white people of Maycomb. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates how racial injustice has a lasting impact on an individual and his loved ones when Tom Robinson gets convicted of a heinous crime that he did not commit. Racial injustice had an impact on Tom Robinson because he was stripped of his life and his freedom due to a racist group of individuals deciding his fate. Tom Robinson was walking home from town one day when Mayella Ewell, a troubled white girl, called him into her yard to offer him a nickel to complete a chore. Robinson complies and begins working. Ewell, who is desperate for attention, tries to lure Robinson into sexual behavior. Robinson explains this event in his testimony, “No suh- she hugged me . She hugged me round the waist.”(Lee 259). As shown in the testimony, Robinson was uncomfortable with Mayella’s actions. Robinson quickly leaves the property after Mayella’s behavior …show more content…

Robinson suffers when he is forced off to prison and eventually killed there. Robinson’s family suffers greatly as Helen Robinson is forced to go to work and begins to be harassed by Bob Ewell. Robinson’s children suffer as well because they do not have their father and their mother is off working all day. Tom Robinson and his family are American heroes due to the fact that they inspired americans everywhere to take action against racial

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