To Kill A Mockingbird Tom Robinson Trial Analysis

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a novel written by Harper Lee. It is set during the early 20th Century in the fictional town of Maycomb. Lee has decided to write the novel from a child’s point of view because a child is innocent but as the novel progresses the narrator, Scout, loses her innocence as she deals with the complications of her father being a lawyer. The novel revolves around racism and Scout sees discrimination wherever she goes whether it is racial or social prejudice. The town’s people agree with the idea that whites are superior to blacks. An example of this is when Atticus, Scout’s father, has to defend a black man who is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter.

In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson is in trial for the supposed rape of Bob Ewell’s daughter, Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was on his way home when Mayella Ewell asked him to help her with something. Being a kind man, he went into her yard and started to look for some of the plants he usually dug up for her when she asked him for help. He didn’t find any, so he asked her what it was she needed. She told him a box she needed was up in a place she couldn’t reach. He went in the house and grabbed the box, and after he did Mayella told him the door was broken. Tom Robinson proceeded to look at the door, not finding anything wrong with it. He told her and she jumped on him, hugging him and saying she never kissed a black

Race is the dominant cause of inequality in To Kill A Mockingbird, thus Maycomb’s views on race heavily influence every aspect of life. Although racial inequality is clearly illustrated in the in the injustice, prejudice, discrimination and antagonism surrounding the Tom Robinson trial, it is also shown more subtly throughout the novel. In chapter 25 Atticus Finch is quoted disclosing that the corrupt justice system is a direct cause of a racist society. “In our courts, when it's a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins” (Pg 295). To emphasize, on the same occasion Atticus attempts to explain to his children how widely spread racism is, “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life”

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book that takes place in the Deep South during the early 19th century. Throughout the book, we learn about the ideas and mentality of southerners especially towards issues like race. An ongoing theme in the book is the symbol of a “Mockingbird” which supposedly symbolizes goodness, beauty, innocence and vulnerability. One of the main characters named Tom Robinson can be portrayed as a Mockingbird. He is vulnerable by simply being black in the south; and his goodness and innocence are both illustrated during the court case. Most African Americans are mistreated in Maycomb county, and Tom Robinson is no exception. He has been accused of raping a young lady named Mayella Ewell which shows his vulnerability.

The 1930's were a turbulent time for race relations in America. The book To Kill A Mockingbird takes place during this time period. Written by Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird is a story that is set during the times of the 1930s in Maycomb, AL. The story is a flashback told through the perspective of Scout Finch, the daughter of Atticus Finch, a successful lawyer, and the sister of Jem Finch. In a part of Scout’s flashback, she recalls the trial of Tom Robinson, who was defended by her father. Tom Robinson was an African American who was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell, daughter of Bob Ewell. Unfortunately, this trial is unfair and biased with an unjust outcome because of the jury and racism.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is an inspirational, moving book full of valuable lessons. The novel allows readers to follow a young white Christian girl, Scout, through life in the 1930s. Her father, Atticus is a courageous lawyer who has wonderful morals. Atticus is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape by Mayella Ewells, a white female, in court. Racism in this novel affects the events in the plot by not only offending the characters, but the reader also.

Suzy Kassem,a philosopher, once said, “ Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.” To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a fiction novel about racism and prejudice that took a position in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch, who is a single parent of Jem and Scout teaches his kids about morality. As an attorney, he is designated to be the public defender for Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson, an African American is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman.

Power is when you have complete power or control over something or someone.The Tom Robinson trial occurred in the 1930’s during the great depression and was a trial called the Tom Robinson trial . A poor white women(Mayella) lures a black man(Tom Robinson) into her house and accuses him of rape. He is took to court and killed all because of power and race when all she wanted was attention.

Supremacy… inequality… prejudice… these are all conflicts that most people in the world today have encountered or will encounter at some point in their lifetime. Harper Lee’s 1960 novella, To Kill a Mockingbird, highlights all of the struggles listed above, and documents the effects that they have on the characters lives. The story is set in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s during the time of the Great Depression, and follows the Finch family as they pilot themselves through the Jim Crow South. Atticus Finch, single father of Jem and Scout, is a white, middle-aged lawyer in the town of Maycomb who is appointed to represent Tom Robinson, a negro citizen accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell is the oldest of eight children

In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” racism is the main problem. Whether it be white folks fighting white folks over their “nigger loving” ways or, in Tom Robinson’s case, black folks being wrongly accused of crimes they didn’t commit. The opinions of the citizens in Maycomb varied tremendously, but the thoughts of the children (Jem and Scout), their father Atticus, and the townspeople varied the most.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee explores the effects of racism and prejudice in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930’s. Racism is deeply rooted in numerous facets of the novel and has irupted and changed the lives of many characters. that can lead to false accusations, ... and duplicitous behaviour. These examples are ostensible to characters such as, Tom Robinson and Mayella, Atticus and Dolphus Raymond. The case of Tom Robinson proves that racism is rife and presents to the audience the truth about racial prejudice back in the 1930’s.

Harper Lee tied the Southern situation, during the 1930’s, to fiction in her most famous novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The era of America’s Great Depression led to an escalation in racial profiling of Negroes, and an intensification in lynching of those Negroes, as mentioned in the book, Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched 100 Years of Federalism (Curriden & Phillips, Jr. 198-214). This directly correlates to the trial of Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” (Lee 221-283), in which a Negro, Tom Robinson, was sentenced to death due to an accusation by a white man. Also correlating to this trial is the attempted lynching of Robinson (Lee 201-207). Racism in the Southern United States was presented historically through the trial of the Scottsboro Boys, as portrayed in the encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Tanenhaus 340-345).

Dolphus Raymond essentially has two identities. The general society of Maycomb identify him as a

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the story takes place in the 1930s in a small, close-knit, racially segregated town called Maycomb. This town is controlled by gossip of other families, its indifferent opinions, and the belief that his held high above everyone’s heads that white people are still accepted as a higher authority than colored people. All of these components play a key part when a controversial trial is born, the Tom Robinson Trial. Here the families all over Maycomb tune in, hoping to see the verdict of the alleged rape a disgraceful family, the Ewells, place upon Tom Robinson, a good-hearted colored man. The Finch family inserts themselves in the center of the trial when Atticus Finch is appointed to the case

Tom Robinson’s trial is coming. Atticus is getting more fuss from the townspeople than ever before and he is trying to get the truth to come out. Atticus is representing tom Robinson who is a friend of Cal’s and was put in jail for rape. Atticus is called a “nigger-lover’ by parents and kids in Maycomb. In this passage Atticus is telling Link that he believes that the truth will come out. This passage connects to the theme of ethics and morals because Atticus has his views on what will happen on this trial and trust that Tom did not do anything wrong. He will represent him proudly during the final trial.