Tom Robinson is a Negro. He walks past the Ewell’s house every afternoon to get to his own. On the way past, he sees Mayella Ewell, the daughter of the drunken mess, Bob Ewell. Miss Mayella sometimes asks Tom if he can help her with some jobs around the house which she can’t do. Tom Robinson is a nice man and always agrees to help out. But one day, he was accused of raping Miss Mayella, by Bob Ewell. As the town of Maycomb do not accept blacks, they immediately see the worst of Tom and believe the accusation. It’s a little while before Toms Trial takes place, but he stays in a cell to the day of the trial. Atticus is keeping watch and a group of men from the town approach Atticus keeping watch and demand to get to Tom. Atticus stands his ground and Scout, Jem and Dill all run out from the bushes and stand with Atticus. Scout sees her classmate Walter Cunningham’s father, Mr Walter Cunningham and Says hello, and somehow gets to his heart. Mr Cunningham says let’s leave to the rest of the mob. A few words of sweetness from Scout, makes an angry mob trying to get to Tom, just walk away without anything.
The town of Maycomb, I believe, is the most racist town there can ever be. There are few people that actually do accept my colour and race. I don’t understand why they don’t like my kind if I dare say. I do m’ part in the town. I work, I do my amount of good deeds. N’ what do I get out of it. An accusation of raping a lady on m’ way home. I do top my hat off to her as I walk by her house just cause I find it as a nice thing to do ya know. I walk past Ms Mayella’s house every day as I have no other road to take. Sometimes she asks me to do a chore in the house hold she can’t perform. Black people get judged by nothing else, but the colour of our skin. Nothing else but that. I do these things for Miss Mayella because I’m a nice man and not just some criminal. I’m just trying to be nice and caring, but obviously the rest of the town don’t want me here