Examples Of Innocence In To Kill A Mockingbird

Cael Schofield
Mrs. Lawson
English 10
11 January 2023
The Innocence of Tom Robinson African Americans are often judged by the color of their skin. This is shown in the story To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it takes place in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama where African American named Tom Robinson is accused of mistreating a woman named Mayella Ewell. Mayella is the daughter of Bob Ewell and they have one of the messiest home lives in the town. Even tho Mayella doesn´t live in the best conditions she is still appointed to a higher social standing than Tom. This shows how bad racism was in the 1900s. In the story, a man named Atticus Finch is turned to as Tom´s attorney, who believes Tom is innocent. During the trial, there are many pieces

In chapter 17 Heck Tate is questioned about the injuries of Mayella Ewell, and he answers ¨Oh yes, that´d make it her right. It was her right eye, Mr. Finch. I remember now, she was bunged up on that side of her face…¨ (Lee 192). In chapter 18 during the trial of Mayellas testimony Atticus asks Tom, ¨Tom, stand up. Let Miss Mayella have a good long look at you…¨ (Lee 211), when Tom stood up everyone noticed his left arm was shorter than his right by a foot. He had no left arm, Reverend Skyes leaned across me and whispered to Jem, ¨He got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond´s cotton gin when he was a boy…¨ (Lee 211). Therefore he could not have hit Mayella on the right side of her face because he had no left arm to do

In chapter 17 Atticus reached into his coat pocket and pulled out an envelope and a pen and gave it to Bob Ewell. Atticus then asks ¨Would you write your name for us?¨ (Lee 201). Bob started to write and everyone started to focus on him and what he was doing. When Bob finished he looked up to see everyone looking at him and said ¨What´s so interestin´?¨ (Lee 201). Judge Taylor responded ¨You´re left-handed, Mr. Ewell¨ (Lee). If Tom has no left hand and Bob is the only other person known to be lefty then it is quite suspicious of her