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How To Kill A Mockingbird Essay On Tom Robinson's Trial

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On the day of the trial Atticus makes a decision that was disdained by most. Tom Robinson is a black man being wrongly accused of raping Mayella Ewell, Tom was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Atticus Finch was appointed to the case, on the day of the trial after the jury left the room atticus finds out that the children have been listening the whole time. Scout and Jem protest to let them stay to hear the verdict. Atticus: “Well you’ve heard it all, so you might as well hear the rest” (Lee 207). Knowing that it would be notorious to Aunt Alexandra, nevertheless he allows the kids to come back and hear the verdict. Atticus has tried to teach the kids all their lives that life isn't always fair and expose them to the truth.
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