Tom Robinson Innocent

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“Remember, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (pg 90). Mockingbirds are animals that don’t do us any harm. It is the type of animal that will give its heart out to you. Every morning you can find mockingbirds sitting out side a window chirping a pleasant tune. It is a sin to kill the innocent and helpful mockingbird. But around the time of the Great Depression, important morals like that one seem to have been tossed aside. At that time, when a black man went to court, it didn’t matter whether he was guilty or innocent. The fact that he was a colored man made him the target for unjustified accusation. Innocent human beings have been killed for nothing but the crime of being different. And just like mocking bird, a black man that is innocent…show more content…
Mayella Ewell and Bob Ewell were the real “criminals” of this case. Mayella did not break a law, but she did break an honored code of their society. Any one that broke that code would become the outcast of the outcasts. “What did she do? She tempted a negro” (pg 217) When she broke this code, she realized that she needed to get rid of the evidence. Tom Robinson was the evidence and he became the scapegoat for her guilt and regret. “Cheating a colored man is ten times worse then cheating a white man’ (pg 201) He was used as a scapegoat because they would win. He was black, they were white, and the one that looses the battle is always the darker skinned. He was a scapegoat that was for sure to loose. And the manipulation of Tom Robinson is very much like killing a…show more content…
People in Maycomb know that killing a mockingbird is a sin, yet when they see a black man get executed, they see it as a normal, everyday occurrence. People recognize the bird as innocent and charming because it sits in front of their window and sing their hearts out. But if a black neighbor that has helped them numerous times is executed on their account, they don’t feel guilt, regret or any emotion. The long days of Maycomb return back to normal without any remorse. That is a very cruel thing. People in the past lived and thought like this, believing that there was a huge gap separating two different races of the same species. Human beings, no matter what race or gender, all share similarities. They want to love, be accepted and to have the freedom to do as they want to. Two different levels in Maycomb made it impossible for equilibrium to occur. But the world was changing, very slowly, but steadily and soon, people would realize that to kill an innocent African American is as much as a sin as killing a
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