Tom Robinson exemplifies how racism prohibits justice and fairness in the town of Maycomb. Tom Robinson is a black man that is not treated fairly because of his race. In the town maycomb no one is ever going to believe a black man over a white man. The people in the town are prepared to accept the word of the ignorant Bob Ewell over a decent black man. How the town perceives Tom has a lot to do with how he is treated.
Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In Maycomb County, there is still serious racism going on and Blacks have not been treated right. However, Atticus still decides to take the case and defend Tom Robinson even though he knows that town’s people would insult him and his children. Although Atticus tried his best to prove Tom is innocent and he actually proves it, he still loses the trial. Despite the truth that he lost, Maycomb makes a “baby-step”( p.289).
The people of Macomb’s jury during the trial choose to find Tom Robinson guilty even thought the evidence strongly suggests he is innocent. They do this because of their racist opinions and hatred towards the African American community. In contrast Atticus stands up to a mob for what he believes because he holds no prejudices. During the summer night when Jem, Scout, and Dill get shot at, Mr. Radley automatically assumes that it was a black man who was trying to steal from his garden. This shows that even thought Mr. Radley had no proof he assumed that it was an African American only because of his racist opinions towards blacks.
Because of this racism, Tom tried to escape from his town but ended up being killed. Atticus was trying to bring about justice, and trying to protect an innocent person. This went against the social codes of this time period. Blacks were under constant attack because of their skin color. But this did not matter to Atticus; he went against everyone, and what everyone said just to prove that Tom was innocent.
Walker was a free black man living in Boston who had a unique view of slavery. He felt so deeply about this subject that he seemed to almost promote violence. He thought that slaves should do anything in their power, even kill, to stop the establishment of slavery. Walker accused the nation of not living up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. He was particularly not very fond of Thomas Jefferson, who he thought to be a racist.
He reasons that no-one would believe the words of a Negro over the words of a white. Mr Finch emphasised that the only way to deal with this case fairly was to consider Mr Robinson as any other white person instead of believing that all Negroes lie and all Negroes are immoral. Mr Finch expresses this through his last statements, “some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women – Black and White”, “Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal.” It was not until eleven at night that the final decision by the jury was announced that Mr Robinson is guilty; convicted of rape and sexual
Atticus Finch's actions in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee show that to truly know a person's convictions we must observe his or her actions. Atticus, a small-town lawyer in a racist, white, southern town was charged with defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused or raping a white woman. Before he took this talk Atticus spoke like a person who believed in fairness and equality. After taking on this task, despite ridicule from the people in his town, it was obvious he believed in the ideals of which he spoke. Another example, which further demonstrates that a person's true feelings can only be discerned by his or her actions, is Arthur Dimsdale's behavior in The Scarlet Letter.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” Throughout the book ”To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee, many people might see Atticus as a failure at both his job and being a parent. Even though Atticus didn’t win the trial, there was still several was he succeeded throughout the story. For example, he stood up for a Black man, he gave his kids someone to be proud of, and he somehow managed to be a gentleman even though people were mean to him. Atticus always tries to stand up for the Black people, which is pretty insignificant during this time period. Throughout the story he also tries to tell his kids that you should never judge a man based on his skin color.
. A prejudice person uses the term "niggerr-lover" to put out the idea that an induvidual is treating an African-American with special rights. In other words, giving an African-American respect, which was unheard of in the past. Atticus is givin the job of defending Tom Robinson in court against his charges of raping Mayella Ewell. Throughout the entire process of the preparing for the trial, Atticus treats Tom no differantly than he would treat any white man.
An example of this behavior is how Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, despite everything he has been taught, and despite the children and townspeople who antagonize his two children. Atticus believes that Tom is innocent and continues to fight for his rights. Another example is when Bob Ewell, the man accusing