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In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird Tom a young black man.

He is convicted of rape of mayella

and now he would stand in front of an all white jury and tell he’s of the story, For his life. Then

mayella would tell what she thinks happen to. Next Atticlus will some everything up to what

really happen. Racism plays a big role in this novel and in the movie how the jury has already

made up their minds before they even hear Toms side of the story on what happen. They are

blind to see the truth they only see him as he black so he has to be guilty of rape because it is a

white women. That is the start of how tom doesn’t get a fair trial

Tom is blamed for the so called rape of mayella ,when he is not guilty of doing that .the

jury just said that because he is a black man they think that a black’s are just monsters when they

see white women they just can’t help themselves they must have her and do what the please with

her .The only people that were to see what really happen was Tom and Mayella .Now tom is on

trial he is telling his part of the story how every day he is coming home from work he see

mayella and she would always have something for them to do. The person asking them this

questions keeps yelling at him and callin him boy and not letting him finish what he got to say.

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