Essay On Tom Robinson Trial

When the police arrived, Chelsea had told the police a false story of her waking up in a vacant house where she had to jump from a two-story window to escape, but Mark had done nothing to Chelsea; all he did was drive her to her mother’s house and leave. Tom Robinson, from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, was a falsely accused man who was

Tom Robinson Tom Robinson was a part of the unfair and racist Court system in the 1900s. He and many other black men were falsely accused of things such as Rape, Burglary, assualt etc…. This Case was very similar to the other Falsly cases around this time the only difference being Tom Robinson had a Lawyer who defended him well. He provided us with loads of evidence proving Tom Robinsons Innocent. No Medical reports, The eye opposite Tom Robison's dominant hand was blackened, and Mayolla and her father have mixed stories.

"I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say it no more. That nigger yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you." (Lee 251) Mayella Ewell said this in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird in Tom's trial. For this essay I will be informing you on Tom Robinson's case and the Scottsboro Boys case. Tom was accused of raping Mayella Ewell.

Gilmer starts his cross-examination of Tom Robinson by asking him about a previous case he had when he got in a fight with another guy. Mr. Gilmer asked, “what did the guy look like when you got through with him” (Lee 223). Mr. Gilmer starts with this by putting a bad picture in the jury’s mind of Tom by making a false statement that Tom beat the guy up and hurt him when in reality Tom was the one that got beat up. Then Mr. Gilmer goes on to tell the jury “anyone who was convicted of disorderly conduct could easily have had it in his heart to take advantage of Mayella” (Lee 223). Mr. Gilmer says this claiming Tom is a bad guy and he did it, just because Tom has had a questionable history does not mean he is a bad guy anymore.

On November 21, Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. This court all believes and will take Mayella Ewell and Mr. Ewell’s side for this case is a white woman against a black man. Mr. Ewell, the witness, said that he saw a “strong looking black man” punch his daughter in the right eye. According to the witness, that means Tom must have hit Mayella Ewell with his left arm. Tom’s left arm, however is completely obsolete for it is completely withered away from a prior incident.

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set in a small Southern United States community called Maycomb during the Great Depression era. The whole book primarily revolves around segregation and racism and how it relates to Maycomb’s history. It eventually leads to the trial of Tom Robinson where he is accused of beating up Mayella Ewell. Even though it was clear that Tom Robinson did not do anything wrong he was convicted guilty by an all white jury because he was black. The trial of Tom Robinson and its verdict shows an example of how segregation in the court system prevents fair trials from occurring.

If she does not lie, her father will punish her even more, and this anxiety is what compels her to lie. Given that Mayella grew up in a low-income family, she has always been frowned upon; Nevertheless, the community members do not understand that her father has repeatedly exploited and abused her. In light of this, she has grown to fear him, and when she and Tom find themselves in a life-threatening situation, Mayella chooses to try and protect herself by having to put Tom in mortal danger. She lies about the accused Tom because of the constant shadow that looms over her and her future. She said Tom raped and abused her to protect herself.

Her dad made her lie and say it was Tom so he didn't get in trouble for beating her up. “When Atticus asked had she any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant, then she thought he was making fun of her,” (Atticus 31), is a quote that shows that Mayella has no friends and is lonely. The court had a trial for this case and the outcome was bad because Tom was found guilty for something he didn't do. Later, when he was in jail, he tried to escape and didn't get very far and got shot then died right

Then some people thought that Tom was innocent but the judge decided to make Tom go to prison. In the book it said that Mayella hugged and kissed Tom on the cheek. From this I can infer that Mayella is desperate and can get away with this because Tom Robinson is a black person. This reminds me of a couple southern movies I’ve watched where black people are always the first to suspect because of their color. Tom Robinson on trial for his life said Bob Ewell yelled “whore I’ll kill you” when he saw Mayella kiss Tom from the window.

Everyone in the courthouse on the night of the trial knew that Tom Robinson was innocent. But at the end of the trial, that didn’t matter. Tom Robinson was a black man, and because of this difference that should not make a difference, he had no say over the family of whites, the Ewells. Tom Robinson was wrongly convicted of raping and beating Mayella Ewell. The evidence of the case leads to the conclusion that Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father was responsible for this misfortune.

This is a passage from the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee. Tom Robinson has been charged of rapping Mayella Ewell, daughter of Bob Ewell. Atticus, advocate of Tom has done well to prove that Tom is innocent but the tension still exists as Tom Robinson is a black person. Racism against black people, which was present in huge volume in Alabama (where the story takes place), even in the courtroom shows how intense the situations were. This passage shows how an innocent child (Jean Louise) views the racism that is present within Maycomb and its citizens, which causes loss of innocence and hope in several characters.

Intro “Being misunderstood doesn't mean you're the issue sometimes it's the people that misunderstand you with all the issues.” (unknown) Being misunderstood is preventing people from knowing who the person truly is and making them feel all alone and like they are the problem. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the people in Maycomb make inferences on who the misjudged are. In Maycomb, people are judged by their actions, appearances, and what everybody thinks the people have done, but in reality, these false accusations set up a barrier between the misunderstood and everyone else.

Mayella accuses Tom Robinson of rape, and uses the fact that she is a young woman to make herself sound more defenseless. Pointing out that she is incapable of fighting back, Mayella claims that “[tom] caught me and choked me and took advantage of me” (Lee 18). She uses her gender to her advantage during the trial, to portray as more defenselessness than

Mayella was accusing Tom of raping her. She didn’t provide very strong evidence to support her claim and always sound nervous that she isn’t going to say the right answer, including when she is asked by Atticus if she loves her father, “‘Do you love your father, Miss Mayella.’ was his next. ‘Love him, whatcha mean?’ ‘I mean, is he good to you, is he easy to get along with?’

Atticus ensues that Mayella’s desire to form a relationship with Tom was “...stronger than the [racial] code she was breaking…” (Chapter 20, pg. 224), and that she had to “...destroy the evidence of her offense.” (Chapter 20, pg. 225). While it