Character Analysis Of Tom Robinson In To Kill A Mockingbird, By Harper Lee

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Different races can be hard to live with other races. During the case, Mayella is being told her story of the incident on the night Tom Robinson raped her. Mayella told the court, “I said come here, nigger, and bust up this chiffarobe for me, I gotta nickel for you.” Mayella called Tom a “nigger” because Tom Robinson is a different race than her so that is why she caller him that. Living with different race of people can be difficult no matter how you try to endure the pain they gave you but sometimes life has to go

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