What Are The Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And Tom Robinson's Trial

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In to Kill A Mockingbird Tom Robinson was a black man that was very nice and kind hearted to white people even tho they treated him like dirt. Tom Robinson went to court because a white women took advantage of him and she felt that she needed him to be locked up so she could forgive herself for what she did. The white women said he raped her and beat her but the truth is he didn't do any of that and her dad beat her. Tom’s court case didn't stand a chance at him being claimed not guilty because the jury was all white like that of Till Emmett’s.

The stories of Tom Robinson and Till Emmett are very similar in that of they both got ecused of sexualy toching a white women. In Tom's case he apparently raped a white women and Till touched the hand

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