"I'm simply defending a Negro - his name is Tom Robinson. He's a member of Calpurnia's church and Cal knows his family well. She says they're clean leaving folks. Scout you aren't too old enough to understand some things yet."
Atticus Finch is having a really hard time with his case of defending Tom Robinson. Scout asked him why is he defending him since a student name Cecil Jones is being mean to scout by telling her Scout Finch's daddy defends a black person.
I couldn't find any history that relates to this topic, so I chose the Scottsboro Boys trial. It was a trial where 9 African American teens were accused of raping two white females in in the 1930s. Like to kill a mockingbird, Tom Robinson was also accused of rape as well. Atticus is worried that he is going to loose this case and thinking that Tom is innocent. What's even worse is that both trials lost the case and one of them were either sentenced to death or imprisoned for life. Since the court and jury all had white people in it, they didn't care. While whites were living their life normal, the African Americans were being discriminated, judged, and being put to jail even though they're were innocent
"This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting for our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home."
He thinks of Tom Robinson as a friend, not an enemy. He knows he innocent, and so does Tom.
Hey Areeb. I enjoyed reading this post and how you compared the Tom Robinson trial to the Scottsboro boys trial. I agree with what you said about everyone's feelings toward the trial and how it can affected them in their own ways no matter how old they were. Overall they really enjoyed this post.
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