Post 24
Zach Perry

11-13-11

Title: Trial

Atticus is Tom Robinson's lawyer.  Let's back up a little bit.  Tom Robinson is an african american man who is accused of rape.  He is accused of raping Mayella Ewel, who is the daughter to a semi-racist family.  Bob Ewell, the father, testifies that he was coming in from the forest carrying some wood when he hears his daughter scream.  He then proceeded to run indoors to see his daughter being raped by none other that Tome Robinson.  I find this story a little fishy due to the fact that Tom is black, and the Ewells ar a slightly racist family.  If this was a white male that they accused it would seem alot more normal, however since they have racist backgrounds, thus making them take any chance to bring the african americans down.  Tom Robinson simply says that he didn't do it and doesn't know why he is being framed like this.  Do you think that he is being framed Dennis?  I think that they are lying due to the fact that they didn't call a doctor, and that Mayella's bruises aren't in the right location.  Tom Robinson is a left handed man, which would cause a majority of the bruises to be on the right side, however they are mostly on the left.