How Did Tom Robinson Witness The Trial In To Kill A Mockingbird

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the reading everyone in the Maycomb area travels to the court of Maycomb to witness the trial between Tom Robinson and the Ewells. Throughout the case all the evidence pointed towards Tom Robinson being innocent as evidence surfaced that Mayella became attracted to Tom. This caused her to make advances towards Tom Robinson, and Bob witnessed her advances. Mr. Ewell reacted to this by abusing Mayella and pressing fake charges of rape towards Mr. Robinson. Despite all of this becoming clear the jury decided that Mr. Robinson was guilty with the only evidence being the color of his skin. In this journal, I will be characterizing and evaluating. In this journal, I will be characterizing Tom Robinson. First, he is respectable. This is evident as he assisted …show more content…
Tom also knew that if he was on the Ewell’s property someone could take it the wrong way. This could result in Tom getting slapped with a completely arbitrary crime because he was black. Someone who takes a risk and goes out of his or her way to help someone is a respectable person, and that person should be honored by humanity not punished. Also, Tom knows when someone needs help. Mr. Robinson noted that Mayella tried harder than the rest of the Ewells, and this caused him to feel her pain. That alone is a precise example of knowing when to help out because he noticed how sad and overworked Mayella was, and he aided her as much as he could as a black man. Many people believe that all the Ewells are foul, lazy, and twofaced folk, but Tom was able to look at the situation from Mayella’s point of view. This is a level of empathy that Atticus would be jealous of because Tom was able to look past the stereotypes about the Ewells and look at the situation from a neutral point of view, and that is the thought process of a respectable man. In addition, Tom Robinson is polite to people. When Mayella kissed him, he tried to push her