Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Tom Robinson

Tom testifies that he always passed by the Ewell house on the way to work and that Mayella often asked him to do chores for her. On the evening, he recalls, she asked him to come inside the house and fix a door. When he got inside there was nothing wrong with the door, and he noticed that the other children were gone. Mayella told him she had saved her money and sent them all to buy ice cream. Then she asked him to lift a box down from a dresser. When Tom climbed on a chair, she grabbed his legs, scaring him so much that he jumped down. She then jumped on him hugging him  around the waist and asked him to kiss her. As she struggled, her father appeared at the window, calling Mayella a whore and threatening to kill her. Tom ran away scared of the punishment.

I was shocked that Mayella jumped on him  and told him to kiss her i didn't think she seemed like that kind of girl.

Tom Robinson is a Mocking bird because it is a symbol of innocence and in this case Robinson isn't guilty of what he did. 

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