During the middle of the day, Alexandra Hancock was meeting with her Missionary Society when Atticus Finch politely walked to the door and requested to see Alexandra and Scout. “Tom’s dead," said Atticus, and Scout remembers her Aunt Alexandra putting her hands to her mouth. Atticus explained to the women that Tom Robinson was running during their exercise period. Tom was running right in front of their eyes trying to get over the fence. The bullets were fired as he reached the top of the fence. The officers commented that if Tom Robison would have had two good arms he might have escaped. There were seventeen bullets hole found in the body to Tom Robinson. Alexandra and Scout could not help Disappointment was all over their faces. Before
When Tom tries to escape, guards tell him to stop, they shoot him and he stops. When Mr. Underwood describes Tom’s death by comparing to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children”, it is symbolic because it related to the title of the novel, since to kill Tom Robinson was like ‘killing a mockingbird”. Tom never did any harm, and was an innocent man, who was killed by the guards. 19. One-way Scout changed since the beginning of the novel is she is now able to “climb into his skin and walk around in it”, meaning she can now understand someone from their point of view, so she able to understand a situation from a colored person’s point of view (Chapter 3, Page 39)
Tom, being in jail, attempted to escape but was shot seven times and killed. “They shot him,' said Atticus. ' He was running. It was during their exercise period. They said he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over.
Homicide: the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another person. To you does this word fit in the events that have happened. It was obvious Tom my client was not trying to deliberately kill his little brother, Doodle. Tom cannot be legally convicted of a crime he allegedly committed. It may seem like he's guilty with all fingers pointed at him for the death of Doodle, but allow me to elaborate on how my client is indeed innocent.
He ran out right in front of the guards, and was shot down. Tom must’ve known that all eyes would be on him, and that there was no chance of him climbing over the fence fats enough with his one good hand. While, there might have been a shot if Tom had confidence in him and Atticus, we will have never
Atticus is appointed a case by Judge Taylor to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Because of the racism and prejudice against black people, he believes that he will not win this case and could risk the life of Tom Robinson. Because of this case, Scout gets bullied by Francis about how his dad is defending a black man, Atticus later talks to Scout about how “[Tom Robinson] lives in [a] settlement behind the town dump….there’s been some high talk around the town to the effect that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man” (Lee 86). Atticus knows that something bad can happen to him if he were to defend Tom Robinson but still does so because he has the courage to do it. After the trial had ended, Atticus was waiting for news but he did not expect something so terrible and heartbreaking, Tom Robinson, unfortunately, died after being shot several times.
When talking about Tom's death, Atticus said, "Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn't have to shoot him that much." (235). This shows injustice because the guards shot him an unnecessary amount of times. They didn't see him as the kindhearted person he was but instead just an escaping black prisoner.
Everyone in the town, not just Atticus, think that Tom Robinson has courage trying to escape from prison. Mayella and her father lie about the night of _____, and the jury couldn’t see past the fact that Tom was a black man, so they threw him into jail under false pretences. “Tom’s dead. The guards told him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill.
The rifle cracked. Tim Johnson leaped, flopped over and crumpled on the sidewalk (…)” (127). This quotation shows the theme of physical courage coming into play as Atticus stands in the middle of the street facing a mad dog. During Aunt Alexandra’s tea party Atticus says to Aunt Alexandra, “They shot him (…)
To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the best books you will ever read. It’s about this character Atticus he has two kids, Jem and Scout. Jem is the oldest one and Scout is the youngest one. To Kill A Mockingbird is by Harper Lee. Her book has won an award.
Atticus knew that Tom’s life would be at risk if he was left alone at night in his cell, so Atticus brought his lamp and newspaper and waited with Tom during the night. While reading his paper, Walter Cunningham and his lynch mob appear in the darkness, “You know what we want, another man said, get aside from the door Mr. Finch”(Lee 172). Atticus stands his ground, knowing they were going to murder Tom; Atticus explicitly tells Walter and his gang to leave. After a long confrontation, Tom finally speaks, “They gone?,”(Lee 175) and Atticus calmly says, “Get some sleep Tom, they wont bother you anymore”(Lee 175). Atticus’s strength and courage kept Tom Robinson alive that night; without his courageous act there would have been a murder just because of someone’s skin
Sam Vitale Mr. Forte English 11 1 March 2023 West Egg Betrayal In life, Betrayal is one of the worst feelings imaginable. You could make the argument that multiple people are responsible for Gatsby's death, but nonetheless he was betrayed. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom is the character most responsible for Gatsby's death. This is because he sold him out, and his relationship with Myrtle led her to jump in front of the car.
Miss Maudie also helps Scout and Jem put their father more into perspective. After the mad dog incident,which was when a dog named Tim was not alright and Atticus shoots him, Jem is astonished at his father’s shooting abilities because at first, he thought his father couldn’t do anything. Miss Maudie tells them, “Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in
A novel called To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. There is a case between an African American named Tom Robinson and a white woman named Mayella Ewell. She accused him of raping her. Tom was always kind to Mayella by helping her with things to do because he felt bad that she was always working. He passed one day and she asked him to get the box on top of the chiffarobe, so he got on the chair and got it then she put her hands around his leg, but she claims that he threw her down and raped her.
Atticus showed moral courage defending a black man when the people in the courtroom continue to wait for the news of guilty. Lee gave Tom Robinson a sad outcome which leads to courage. In the novel, Atticus stated that Robinson is dead to his sister, Aunt Alexandra, and it created a really depressing and sad mood. Lee made the death sound really horrible and in a way to show moral courage in the characters. Atticus described that the guards “...fired a few shots in the air, then to kill.
" During the trial, Atticus proved that Tom Robinson was innocent, by questioning both Bob and Mayella Ewell. The biggest issue was that the right side of Mayella's face was bruised as if she was brutally beaten, but Tom Robinson's left arm is crippled, and if he hit her with his right arm, the bruising would be on the left side of her face. Jem gets really emotional after the trial because he knows that Tom was innocent and that he was wrongly