Who Is Tom Robinson Guilty In To Kill A Mockingbird

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"To kill a mockingbird" reflects heavily how white's are always valued more than black's. For example in court a white man's word is always weighed heavier than a black man's. "In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white always win." This is seen in the late stages of the book as well, as even though Atticus had clearly showed the judges as well as the audience that the Ewells were lying, the court decide that Tom Robinson was guilty. This ultimately meaning Tom Robinson was charged guilty for the soul purpose of not letting a black man's word beat a white man's word. Many black lives have been lost because they have been accused by a white man. But this serves an important purpose for the novel by letting these