Taken for granted, Tom Robinson is being accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. Mayella’s Father, Bob Ewell, was the one for beating Mayella, and she blamed it all on Tom because the community would believe Tom was getting accused of rape; Mayella put all the blame on Tom because she did not want her father to go to jail. The community sides with Mayella because she is a white woman, and Tom is African American. Tom Robinson is convicted because of his race and the diversity that Maycomb has, and everyone in Maycomb gives him racial comments and calls him names. Atticus helps Tom out by being his lawyer for the case; he wants to show that he believes Tom and not Mayella, and he also wants justice for Tom. Even though Tom had gone over to …show more content…
Some people shamed him for helping Tom out. Atticus does not have to help Tom, but he is getting paid to be his lawyer. He still agreed to fight the case for him. Even though Atticus should not be assisting Tom because of the community stereotypes, he is still a good person, so he will help him out the best he can. He helps him out by noticing that the mark on Mayella is on the right side of her face. She asked Bob what hand he was writing with, and he said both. So he had him write his name down, and they figured out that he was, in fact, left-handed, which makes them believe just a smidge that Bob did in fact hit Mayella. The discrimination that exists in Maycomb extends beyond racial segregation and speaks to social problems that are far more widespread. When Bob sees Mayella on top of Tom, he knows that she was trying to get with an African American man. That was extremely wrong in 1933, so Bob hit Mayella but he knew he could get away with blaming Tom for it because he is African American and Mayella is a white woman. Now even though Mayella came onto Tom, it is still wrong for them to be together even if both of them want to be