He is almost completely shunned from the town because he is trying to help a black man accused of rape. Mayella had told Tom, “I said come here, nigger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me, I gotta nickel for you.” (p.241) She had tricked him to coming over to her. Then that’s about the time when she accuses him of rape. He had felt sorry for her, which is why he was falsely accused in the first place. Courthouse segregation was one of the biggest bits of racism I found in this book.
5/25/10 Stereotyping In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was killed because he was stereotyped. They believed that he beat and raped Mayella Ewell because a white person said so. Many of the characters in the book were stereotyped because of their lifestyles. For example, Dolphus Raymond was stereotyped because he was a drunk. But in reality, he pretended to be a drunk so he can give others a excuse why he likes blacks more than whites.
Atticus Finch is the one to go to her door and approach her with the bad news. After, Atticus tells Hellen the news, she is extremely upset and starts to cry. * Black community- The black community was in shock from the decision, after everything Atticus did. They knew he was innocent and this made it an even bigger tragedy. * White community- Most of the people in Maycomb think that Tom's death just shows how stupid black people are and show excitement.
To begin with, he is treated cruelly and is accused of a crime he did not commit - raping Mayella Ewell-from the white population because of the color of his skin. Mayella states that Tom “got [her] round the neck, cussin’ and saying dirt,” which is an event that never occurred. The only reason Mr. Robinson gets convicted guilty in the trial is because of the prejudice and discrimination he faces from the society in which he lives. The jury was not in his favor because his words were going against a white man’s words and because Mayella broke “a time honored code of society” by “tempting a Negro” (272, 272). Next, during the biased trial, Mr. Glimmer continuously addresses Tom rudely, calling him “boy”: “Had your eye on her a long time, hadn’t you boy?” and “…do all that chopping and hauling for her, boy” (263, 263).
Because of indifferent jurors and career-motivated prosecutors, the self-serving and groundless accusations of a single women were allowed to change forever the lives of nine black teenagers who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time (Linder). In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson, a black man, was found guilty of raping Maya Ewell, a white woman. Even though he didn’t commit the crime, they didn’t want to believe him because they have to rule with the white person. This shows how unfair and racist the court system was in the twentieth
Similarly in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson is convicted and sentenced to death for the rape of a white woman without any substantial evidence. The only reason he is convicted is because he is a black man fighting against a white man in a court with a prejudiced jury. The theme of prejudice and discrimination is evident in both of these cases because the defendants were charged and convicted merely because they were deemed to be “different” by their close minded societies, questionable evidence from prejudiced sources was used during their trials and because the accusers knew that all those charged could easily be used as scapegoats. The defendants in both of the cases were chosen as suspects because they were deemed to be different by their close minded societies. In the case of the West Memphis Three, the prime suspect in the murder of the young boys, Damian Echols stated, “I wore black and was rumoured to worship Satan, and I was the perfect target when the police ran out of leads” (A Most Heinous Crime Fiona Steel.2003 <http://www.crimelibrary.com/notoriousmurders/famous/memphis/suspect_4.html>).
Tom Robinson had been accused of raping a white woman in the town of Maycomb. Due to Tom Robinson being a black male, he was found guilty of crime despite the fact that he was actually physically unable to do it because of his crippled left arm. Atticus had been very disappointed in losing the case, even though he knew that it was going to happen because of the racism. Malcolm X stood up for social injustice against the black community. He chose to join a religious group that was made up of men who were against the whites.
He saw how racist the town was. He saw how his father worked to prove Tom’s innocence. The white jury and the town people did not listen, because Tom was a black man accused of raping a white woman. Even
The black man is convicted of raping the white man's daughter, and even though all charges are faced towards the white man lying, the black man is proven guilty. Atticus Finch receives a lot of hatred for his decision to face someone who is unlike him, and his children also hear a lot from the citizens of their town. The citizens of his town always thought of him as someone who they could look up to, but when he defies their initial trust with something that they could not even imagine, they start degrading him. In this way, the public expects too much from their public figures. It is also evident that public figures are faced with too many expectations in everyday life.
Despite Atticus’s powerful arguments for Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury convicts the black man. The verdict adversely affects the Finches, especially Jem. When Tom is killed trying to escape from prison, Jem’s struggle with injustice comes to its culmination. Humiliated by the trial, Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, continually threatens Atticus,