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I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page ______. In these chapters Tom Robinson's trial has started. The whole town and people from other places arrive to watch the trial. The trial is intense due to the Ewells threatening Atticus and being very outspoken. Atticus provides many examples of Tom being innocent but in the end he was still convicted. Scout, Jem, and Dill all have a hard time accepting the result of the trial. They struggle with the idea that Maycomb contains racism. In this paper I will be predicting and evaluating. I predict that the outcome of the trial will be that he is guilty for multiple reasons. One large factor that plays into him being convicted is that people are racist. In Maycomb and other …show more content…

Blacks and whites do not mingle together, or talk to each other, and keep their distance. The only interaction they have is when a white man tells the black community to wait till all the whites are up the stairs. The trial is biased right from the start. When Tom Robinson mentioned he felt sorry for Mayella Ewell Gilmore was quick to emphasize this. He knows that people think less of blacks, and by giving this more attention it fuels people’s hatred even more. The racism deeply affects Tom’s chances. That is not the only thing bringing Tom closer to jail. The evidence coupled with racism is what really clouds people's judgment. Mayella makes sure to make her story as emotional and abusive as possible. Emphasizing him beating her up and taking advantage of her. Although Mayella does not have a lot of education she knows one thing for sure is that people will take anything to justify convicting a Negro. Bob Ewell also makes sure to say he saw Tom Robinson do it. No matter how much of a sorry excuse of a person Ewell is people still take a white man's word over a black mans. The cherry on top of imposing Tom would be that he has gotten in trouble before with 30 days for disorderly …show more content…

Basically giving people the excuse that if he was violent before he could do it again. There are a lot of factors contributing to the ability of Tom being guilty. That being said there is still a small possibility he could be found as innocent. One is due to Atticus’s skill of being a lawyer and the amount of evidence he compiled for him being an honest man. A large piece of evidence would be that Tom Robinson's left arm is mangled. Making it hard for him to beat up a person. His bad arm also does match up with the accusation that he hit her left eye. Ewell on the other hand being dominant on the left hand could have the potential to hit her in the left eye, more so than Robinson. Atticus draws attention away from Tom and puts it on Bob Ewell. Saying he had motive and could be more than capable of beating Mayella. Especially since he gets out of her that Bob has done it before. The evidence piled high and the Ewells credibility could play into him being let free. The Ewells are not

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