Tom Robinson
- Created by: tilly_q
- Created on: 29-03-15 13:56
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- Tom Robinson
- Doomed from the start
- "He would not have dared strike a white woman under any circum-stances and expect to live long, so he took the first opportunity to run-a sure sign of guilt."
- did the best he could under the circumstance
- lose lose
- double standard
- society assumes the worst from black people
- Untitled
- "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed."
- the second a white girl said something it was sure to be true
- Tim Johnson (the dog)
- metaphor for Tom
- similar name
- dead before he began to run
- "He would not have dared strike a white woman under any circum-stances and expect to live long, so he took the first opportunity to run-a sure sign of guilt."
- Kind
- "Looks like she [Mayella] didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her"
- despite her being white he felt sorry for her, one human to another
- jury more comfortable believing a black man ***** a white girl than a black man pitied a white girl
- "Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's"
- high praise
- Tom viewed as above himself not a "gentleman"
- "Looks like she [Mayella] didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her"
- Innocent
- "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird"
- Tom is a mockingbird
- innocent and trying to help
- "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird"
- Doomed from the start
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