To Kill A Mockingbird
In To Kill A Mockingbird many themes are exposed. A main character, Tom Robinson, identifies with the theme injustice. Tom Robinson was wrongly convicted of rape. Another person that identifies with the theme injustice, in reality, is Rodney King. Rodney King did not see his attackers receive their due punishment, in my opinion. Tom Robinson can be compared to Rodney King in that they both suffered injustice in the courtroom.Tom Robinson was a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. He was a black man who lived in Maycomb with his family, near the city dump. He had a crippled left arm, and everyday he walked past the Ewell’s house, to work. He worked on Mr. Link Deas’s property, picking cotton or working in the yard during fall and winter (Lee 190). One day he was walking past the Ewell’s home when Mayella Ewell called him into the yard. Mayella is the eighteen-year-old daughter of the Ewell family. Mayella proceeded to hug and kiss Tom. As Tom resisted, Mr. Ewell yelled at Mayella and Tom ran. Mr. Ewell, in the next several hours, beat Mayella for making advances on Tom, a black man (Lee 194). Tom was arrested and charge of raping Mayella Ewell. When he went to court, Mr. Ewell and Mayella testified that Tom beat
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Approximate Word count = 802
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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