To Kill A Mocking Bird Essay

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It tells the story of one Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man in a racist town who is accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Atticus believes and tries to show others that all people are created equal, at least under the law. Bob Ewell accused Tom of beating and raping his daughter and only the black families, and a handful of whites (including Atticus) seem to believe in his innocence. Therefore his chance of a fair trial was slim. The jury’s racism cuts short an innocence man’s life. Unfortunately, the small southern town’s social values raised white children to think of blacks as the ‘second-class’ race. Case closed, Tom must be guilty, no way would a black man’s words go over a white mans. The only white man strong enough to stand up for Tom was Atticus, Scout’s father. “To begin with, this case should never have came to trial. This case is as simple as black and white” (pg.203). Atticus faces the racism of ...

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