An event that chages Tom....
An event that changes Tom Robinson is being on trail for a rape he did not commit.
Before the trail he was a loveing and caring black man living in a horrible world. But
after the trail he was so depressed he tried to escape prison and got shoot and
killed.
Before the trail he was a loveing and caring black man living in a horrible world. But
after the trail he was so depressed he tried to escape prison and got shoot and
killed.
Tom Robinsons testimony...
Tom was on the witness stand after his accuser Mayella. Tom says that Mayella would always ask him to help her with things around the house but he had never been inside the house before. The night that Tom was accused he was walking by the Ewell's property and Mayella stoped him and asked him to fix a door. When Tom went to fix the door he was shocked to find that nothing wrong with the door. Tom said that Mayella grabbed his legs and hugged him. Than meyella kissed Tom and thats when Bob Ewell saw Mayella through the window.
Theme...
The theme for Tom Robinson is Racial prejudice. If Tom wasn't black he would
not be hated so much and people might actually believe he did not rape Mayella
Ewell.
not be hated so much and people might actually believe he did not rape Mayella
Ewell.
Senseless Killing
When Tom Robinson tried to escape the jail and was shot by the gaurds Mr. Underwood put an article in his news paper The Maycomb Tribune about Tom's death. In his article he says that he was tried openly and was convected by 12 good men. He also said that Atticus tried his best to defend him but the second Matella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed Tom was a dead man. Mr. Underwood shows moral courage for putting the article in his newspaper because most normal white folks would not have defended a black man.