Trayvon Martin, Christopher Wallace And Tom Robinson

The human mind is incredible. The mind is extraordinary as it acts as a control panel of the person itself. As wonderful as it sounds, the mind can also be very deadly. A single bad thought could manipulate the whole mind and cause destruction and tragedy to the person themself and to innocent people. Trayvon Martin, Christopher Wallace and Tom Robinson are some of the few innocent that tragically lost their lives due to a manipulated mind. Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old boy living in Sanford, Florida where he was shot and killed. On the night of February 26th 2012, Trayvon went to the convenience store and was walking back home when he was approached by George Zimmerman, his killer-to-be. George, who was a neighborhood watch volunteer,

On March 8th 1997, Biggie Smalls attended a Soul Train Music Awards after party, with many guests and even some members of the Crips and Bloods gangs. After leaving the party at 12:30 a.m, a car pulled up next to Biggie’s and shot him four times in the chest. Biggie was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead only an hour later. The murderer is still unknown but one of the many popular theories is that Biggie was killed as revenge for his rival, Tupac Shakur, who was murdered six months prior to Biggie’s murder. In the theory, Biggie arranged for a few members of the Crips gang to murder Tupac for being associated with the Bloods gang. As revenge for Tupac, Suge Knight or Tupac's record producer, put a hit out on Biggie for thinking he was responsible for Tupac’s murder. “...the murder of Christopher Wallace was arranged by L.A.P.D. officer turned bank robber David Mack at the behest of Suge Knight, who blamed Wallace... for the murder of Tupac Shakur.’ (Smith par.12.) Like Biggie's murderer, Tupac’s killer continues to remain

In the story, Tom is on trial for a crime he did not commit. That crime was the raping of a girl named Mayella Ewell. Mayella tried to seduce Tom, to which he rejected her and was then seen by Mayella's father, Bob Ewell. Mayella told her father that Tom had raped her and even though he denied the claims, Tom was sent to jail to await trial for the crime. The story is set around the 1930’s where racism was common and as for Tom being an African-American man, no one would believe that he was innocent. Tom, being in jail, attempted to escape but was shot seven times and killed. “They shot him,' said Atticus. 'He was running. It was during their exercise period. They said he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over. Right in front of them-,”(Lee pg.235.) In similarity to Othello, Othello would not believe Desdemona when she claimed that she had not slept with Cassio, because of how brainwashed he was from Iago's lies and assumptions about her. “Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin, for to deny each article with oath cannot remove nor choke the strong conception that I do groan withal. Thou art to die.” (Shakespeare