Tom Robinson was a very gentle and kind hearted man. Heworked solely for his family and didn't wish ill on anyone. In thisquote, Tom states that he wasn't trying to harm Mayella, he wassimply trying to help her, and he did it for no charge.

Tom Robinson is depicted as a very polite man in the novel. This is notjust to look good in front of the judge and the jury, but because that wasthe way black people were back then. Even though they coppedconstant abuse, they generally never disrespected a white person in anyway

In Maycomb, there is a strong racial culture towards the blacks.Most of the people hate the black population and treat them asdirt. As a result, whenever one of them is accused of a crime, itis very rare for them to be proven innocent.

Most of the Second Part of the novel revolves around the court case of Tom Robinson.The Ewell family accuses him of raping Mayella, which is a serious allegation, as italmost inevitable that he will be proven guilty. Atticus Finch seems to be one of theonly people who believe that he is innocent, even after he puts forward a case sostrong that, if Tom Robinson was white, he would probably have been proveninnocent.

Even though Tom was strong he had a disability because he couldn’t use his leftarm. He looks off balance because his arm is shorter than the other. This factformed some of the evidence that showed Tom could not have hit Mayellabecause he can only use his right arm and Mayella said her attacker came upfrom behind and hit her left side which would have been impossible for Tom todo.

This quote shows that he is a family man becausehe works to feed his family and he loves his wifeand kids very much. Everything he does is for hisfamily.

This quote shows us that even though the evidence suggestedthat he was not guilty they found him guilty anyway. This isbecause he is black and Mayella Ewell is a white person. The juryfound Tom Robinson guilty just because Mayella said that heraped her.

This quote says that they had their minds made up before they went into thetrial. No amount of evidence that showed Tom was not guilty would havemade a difference. Because Tom Robinson was black, the jury couldn’t justgive him 20 years they had to go the full way and give him the death penalty.

Tom Robinson's main motivation for helping Mayella Ewell washis pity for her. He saw her as a hardworking individual who washeld down by her family. He has no reason to go into her houseother than to help her out.

Tom Robinson did not know what to do, as he knew that as a blackman he would be blamed for this, even though it was not his doing atall. He tries to ask he politely to move, but she refuses to let in,forcing him to run away, which gives him the appearance of a guiltyman.

Tom attempts to escape from prison, where he is being held until theappeal. Tom tries to escape because he has lost faith in the court, andin a way lost faith in Atticus' ability to help him. He decides to take hisown chances by running, rather than waiting for the appeal to gothrough.

In this short clip, we see that Tom Robinson reallyvalues kindness, and sees that it would be unjust forhim to take money from a family as poor as theEwells.

In this passage, we see that despite a very validexcuse for Tom to forgo the swear-in, Tom spends a lotof effort attempting to do right by the law, and by God.