What Is Tom Robinson's Struggles In To Kill A Mockingbird
In a small and peaceful town in alabama, everything is peaceful for the residents at Maycomb, the people are happy and everyone is nice to each other...that is until a thirst for power changes the residents of Maycomb. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ takes place in the great depression era, people are poor and buying food for their families is hard and stressful, everyone feels powerless and useless, the story is told by Jean Louise Finch(Scouts) memories, she talks about her brother Jem and her father Atticus and all the adventures she had with Jem and her friend Dill. The story takes a turn when Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, when he in fact did not rape her, she tried to seduce him but got caught and blamed Tom, and since Tom was black, people were corrupted by the ‘Evil Assumption” and he gets put in jail until trial.
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Mayella Ewell that decides if Mayella is powerful or not, the reason why Mayella accused Tom of raping her was because she wanted to get away from her abusive father(either by him murdering Tom and going to prison or being killed) she wins the case but still has to stay with her father, making her powerless, but in the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, she is very powerful, and here’s why. When we look at the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, the bias factor plays a huge part in winning the case for Mayella, she is a white female going up against a black male, so she has a huge advantage in the trial, the whole court thinks every black man is out to get the white women so they almost immediately side with Mayella and convict Tom Robinson of rape, everything was planned by Mayella, the only problem was that she had to go back to her dad, leaving Mayella powerless yet again, but during the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, Mayella did have power, and here's
Mayella Ewell that decides if Mayella is powerful or not, the reason why Mayella accused Tom of raping her was because she wanted to get away from her abusive father(either by him murdering Tom and going to prison or being killed) she wins the case but still has to stay with her father, making her powerless, but in the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, she is very powerful, and here’s why. When we look at the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, the bias factor plays a huge part in winning the case for Mayella, she is a white female going up against a black male, so she has a huge advantage in the trial, the whole court thinks every black man is out to get the white women so they almost immediately side with Mayella and convict Tom Robinson of rape, everything was planned by Mayella, the only problem was that she had to go back to her dad, leaving Mayella powerless yet again, but during the case of Tom Robinson Vs. Mayella Ewell, Mayella did have power, and here's