This day August 26,1935 Tom Robinson was convicted of raping Mayella Ewell. She is a local Maycomb resident. However most of the “facts” in the case don’t make much sense,with the lack of evidence Tom Robinson could possibly be innocent. So what evidence presented did not add up the The first piece of evidence came from Sheriff Heck Tate Who said that Mayella’s
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.
Good afternoon, my name is Chloe, and it is my pleasure to represent Maycomb County and serve as the prosecutor in this important case. The defendant at issue believes that being dishonest will get her out of trouble. The crime was committed to make Tom Robinson guilty and to protect Mayella. That way, Mayella would seem innocent. Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell on November 21.
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).
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.
A man by the name of Tom Robinson is on trial for the rape of a girl by the name of Mayella Ewell. In this trial Tom can be considered innocent be the fact of his left arm is useless. “He [got] it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy… like to bleed to death… tore all the muscles loose from his bones-” (Lee 249). Tom is convicted of this crime against Mayella , which is a supposed beating, even though it is lead almost exclusively with the left hand, which Tom cannot use. Tom Robinson is a gentleman and also a very kind and generous man.
To In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson is a accused of raping Mayella Ewell’s. The evidence that will show that Tom Robinson is guilty. The best physical evidence is that Mr.Robinson left arm is crippled. “His left was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side. ”(Chapter 18).
At the end of Tom’s trial, Tom Robinson was pleaded guilty by the jury. Scout expected this, yet still felt disappointed by the outcome. Scout feels conflicted with her society. Scout knew that Tom Robinson would have been guilty the moment she noticed the jury not looking at Tom. She feels disappointed about the outcome but was able to later come into terms with it better then Jem.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the story is set in the 1900’s, Maycomb, Alabama. During this time there was racism in the south and segregation which separated the whites and blacks from everything. There was also the Great Depression, the whole country was poor and people living in the country had to trade and do other jobs for people to either pay them off or to buy something from them. The trial in this book is about Mayella and Bob Ewell, two white people, claiming and arguing that Tom Robinson, a black person, raped Mayella Ewell. This trial is really important because at that time in the south, white people took advantage of black people and their kindness and thought they would take that or shut up just because they were black.
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Tom Robinson is the best representation of a mockingbird because the town created a sin by killing him and he was an innocent man who deserved better. Although some may believe that Boo Radley is a better example of a mockingbird, Tom had an unjustified trial and suffered death because of it. Some people in the town knew Tom’s death was a sin and they didn't agree with it. He was also a helping citizen who did nothing but try and help. Tom was over all an innocent man that displayed peacefulness.
In Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” an African American named Tom Robinson was found guilty of raping Mayella even though he is clearly innocent. The legal system and the people in Maycomb were unfair with Tom Robinson, however if Tom Robinson was a different race the case would be judged differently. Tom was not only accused of raping Mayella but also beating her. The first piece of evidence that shows that Tom is innocent is that Mayella was beaten by a left handed person.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a successful classic novel that was dated back during the times of racial inequality in the south. Because of the racial issues in a town called Maycomb in Alabama, a black man, Tom Robinson was falsely accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Even though someone like Atticus, a lawyer and a father, might put his kids in danger for being his defense lawyer, he was wise to do it. Atticus taking this job opened up the eyes of the people in Maycomb.
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).
Throughout the story Scout, the main character who is six years old girl and does not understand what the society expects of her as a women and Jem her older brother see many differences in the way black are treated, the way they live and behave. They sees social stereotypes and misjudgments everywhere but does not understand it. One of the biggest in the story was the trial of Tom Robinson, a kind African-American man who is usually referred as the mockingbird in the story. Tom Robinson is sentenced just because he is black and his accuser is white. Atticus says “…absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life…”(Lee 206).
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee, which is told from the perspective of character Jean ”Scout” Finch. The story follows the life of young Scout in the city of Maycomb, where she lives with her father Atticus and brother Jem. Throughout the novel there is a trial that is observed by the eyes of Scout Finch. In this written assignment, my aim is to further explore Tom Robinson’s character and feelings towards the trial and his conviction.
