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Tom Robinson Trial To Kill A Mockingbird

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Based on the evidence during the trial Tom Robinson is not guilty because he was accused of raping Mayella Ewell.In the beginning of “Thomas Robinson testimony he reached around, ran his fingers under his left arm and lifted it. He guided his arm to the bible and his rubber-like left hand sought contact with the black binding”.(Lee 192.) This shows that Thomas Robinson didn’t rape Mayella Ewell because he put his hand on the bible to say that he never did that. This also shows that nobody with a broken arm could do something like that. Who can choke a girl or rape a girl with a broken arm. Finally, During mayella ewell testimony she said “I don’t remember too good, but next thing I knew papa was in the room a standin’ over me hollerin’ who
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I predict that Tom Robinson will be let go and Bob Ewell will be convicted. Mayella was beat up on her right side and Bob Ewell was left handed. Tom could have easily been left handed too, but that was not the case. Tom’s left arm was twelve inches shorter than his right arm. There would be no way that Tom could beat up Mayella because he did not have full control of his left arm.

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Tom Robinson is innocent because there is a lack of solid evidence linking him to the rape of Mayella. During the trial, Mayella claims that she screamed the whole time Tom allegedly took advantage of her; however, when Atticus questions her, she is not able to come up with any probable answers to prove Atticus’ statements wrong. Atticus asks her, “‘Why didn’t the other children hear you?’. . . ‘Or didn’t you scream until you saw your father in the window? You didn’t scream until then, did you?’”, but Mayella always has no answer to his questions (Lee 250-251).

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I will remind you all that during his testimony Tom stated “[Mayella] grabbed me round the legs. she hugged me. She hugged me round the waist.” Mayella’s actions from Tom’s words signify that she took the initiative to get physical first, whereas Tom had only come to her house because he was asked to fix her dresser. All of this evidence combines to form one conclusion: Tom Robinson isn’t guilty of the charges he is facing.

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Maycomb County and its people were affected greatly by the Tom Robinson case. Atticus was defending Tom Robinson against Mayella Ewell. Mayella had said that Tom had raped her. Some had different opinions than others. It was an unfair case that should not have ended the way it did.

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To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson goes on trial. In this novel the townspeople, Atticus, and the children's views and outcomes of Tom Robinson’s trial are being presented. There is much racism and hatred of the blacks making the trial unfair for Tom to be seen as innocent through the jury’s eyes because he is a black man.

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To Kill A Mockingbird In the critically acclaimed novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, it is set in the Great Depression time and a time of extreme racism in the South; a Man named Tom Robinson is convicted of the rape of Mayella Ewell. With that to show, Tom Robinson is innocent because of certain evidence from the novel. In the first place, Tom is black. He would have helped a white woman with whatever she needed to because that’s what he did.

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Even though the jury found Tom Robinson guilty of raping Mayella Ewell, in that matter Atticus Finch, lawyer defending Tom Robinson, said that Tom Robinson was not guilty because he only has one arm and there is no way that Tom Robinson was able to hurt her while Bob Ewell is perfectly fine and

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Tom Robinson, a Free Man Your honor, members of the jury, my name is Atticus Finch, representing the defendant in this case. I recognize any faces in the crowd, you all know me. I have lived in this town my whole life. I'm sure many of you are familiar with Tom. He has lived, and worked in Maycomb for a long time, and has always been a kind man.

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Tom Robinson's character arc begins with being accused of a crime he did not commit. Tom Robinson was described as a kind and hard-working man who would often work for his white neighbor, Mayella Ewell, because he believed, as a black man, he should help her in whatever way he could. These acts of kindness were not only because of his race but also because he truly wanted to help his neighbor. Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella Ewell, accused Tom of rape even though there was no evidence to warrant his claims. After Bob Ewell accused Tom of rape, his life became much worse.

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Tom Robinson is an innocent and smart person. In the novel, Tom Robinson is being accused of rape and abuse. It is obvious and it is proved later on in the novel that Tom Robinson could not have been responsible for Mayella Ewell’s case of rape, since he only has one working arm. Another piece of evidence is when Mr. Ewell states, “‘It was her right eye, Mr.Finch . I remember now, she was bunged up on that side of her face...’”

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Emily Callan Due Date: Tuesday, November 4th I am reading the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 281. In this journal I will be predicting and… I predict that Tom Robinson will be convicted of raping Mayella Ewell because of the racism and bias he is facing.

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This is untrue because Reverend Sykes whispers to Jem and tells him "He got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond 's cotton gin when he was a boy . . like to bled to death . . tore all the muscles loose from his bones" (Lee 186). This is important because it says that Tom got his left hand caught in the gin and now it 's misshapen, this also says Mayella the one who accused Tom of raping her and using his left hand to hit her aggressively as she says so. It 's clear that if anyone in the court room tried to go against Tom Robinson and how he did rape Mayella, would be untrue due to all the muscles from his left arm torn apart from his hand.

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, when Jem realizes how naive he was to believe that the jury would find Tom Robinson innocent, he becomes disillusioned with the people of Maycomb and begins to believe that everyone in the town is corrupt. The novel takes place in Maycomb Alabama, in the 1930s, and is told from the perspective of a young girl named Scout. In Maycomb County, the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man, is going on and he is on trial for his life. He is on trial because he was accused of raping Miss Mayella Ewell, a young white lady of the county. During the trial Scout and Jem, her brother, are watching the trial from the colored balcony and are hearing their father, Atticus, who is also Tom’s lawyer, give his speech

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In chapters 17-24 in To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem and Scout observe their father in court defending Tom Robinson (a black man) from the accusations of the Bob Ewell (a "low grade ' ' white man). Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of sexually assaulting his daughter; Mayella Ewell. Before the fate of Tom Robinson is given in the possession of the jury, both lawyers have a final attempt at convincing the jury that Tom Robinson should/shouldn 't be prosecuted. Atticus starts off his closing remarks with the fact that he believes that the case should have never come to trial and that the case "”is as simple as black and white."

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First, Tom Robinson should have been found not guilty because he was right handed. Mayella the victim, was punched in the face on the night of the crime. On page 235, Mr. Heck Tate stated that Mayella had a black eye on her right eye

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