Tom Robinson - TKAM
- Created by: Lottie Deutsch
- Created on: 20-12-17 11:44
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- Tom Robinson
- mockingbird
- Tom is one of the books many mockingbirds
- is a big minority as is both black and disabled making him easier to empathise with
- he is accused of ****** a white women and Atticus takes on his case
- as Atticus' takes on his case we can trust he is not guilty as Atticus is a morally just man however..
- '...in our court when it's a white man's word against a black man's - the white man always wins'
- this shows the true prejudice of the the time as no matter how good a lawyer has Tom or how good his testimonies are the won't win
- certain definite to 'always'
- this shows the true prejudice of the the time as no matter how good a lawyer has Tom or how good his testimonies are the won't win
- '...in our court when it's a white man's word against a black man's - the white man always wins'
- as Atticus' takes on his case we can trust he is not guilty as Atticus is a morally just man however..
- Tom is one of the books many mockingbirds
- good man
- he is a 'faithful member' of his church
- when speaking on testimony about the Ewell he says
- 'I didn't want to push her or nothing'
- this hugely contrasts with Mayella's testimony of Tom
- 'but he had me round the neck'
- one these two is lying and in jury case with black vs. white - white will win.
- 'but he had me round the neck'
- Lee shows us Tom is a good man to show us how unjust the system was
- the best of the black families were still seen as below the worst of the white families
- this hugely contrasts with Mayella's testimony of Tom
- 'I didn't want to push her or nothing'
- when speaking on testimony about the Ewell he says
- he is a 'faithful member' of his church
- sympathises
- Tom is not just someone for the reader to sympathise with but someone one sympathises with others
- Tom sympathises with Mayella Ewell seeing her as a fellow mockingbird to him
- he even says this on the stand
- 'yes suh, I felt sorry for her...she seemed to be trying mor'en the rest of 'um'
- this is much to the horror of the jury as they can't understand how a black man can pity a white women
- another way Lee distinguishes Tom Robison from the other is by giving him an accent 'mor'en - this shows he is from a different place to the others in Maycomb
- 'yes suh, I felt sorry for her...she seemed to be trying mor'en the rest of 'um'
- he even says this on the stand
- mockingbird
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