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After realizing that he would be in prison, Tom lost hope and felt defeated. He decided that he would rather risk being shot and killed rather than stay in prison.

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The brutal murder of Emmett Till is similar to the mob that forms in front of the jail to attack Tom Robinson.

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Harper Lee was inspired in part by the Scottsboro Boys trial.

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Atticus says, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," because they never hurt anyone. Tom symbolized by the mockingbird in this novel because he only tried to help Mayella, yet he was punished and ultimately died. The town commits a sin against the innocent Tom.

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Atticus says, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," because they never hurt anyone. Tom symbolized by the mockingbird in this novel because he only tried to help Mayella, yet he was punished and ultimately died. The town commits a sin against the innocent Tom.

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Atticus and Tom

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Tom's house was neat, while the Ewell family lived in filth; however, the town was biased against Tom because he was black. It was unimaginable that a black man could "feel sorry for" a white woman.

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Emmett Till was followed and murdered after being accused of whistling at a white woman; Tom Robinson was convicted of raping a white woman even though there was clear evidence he could not have committed the crime due to his deformed arm.

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Emmett Till is murdered | August 28, 1955 | HISTORY

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Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier.

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"To Maycomb, Tom's death was typical" This continue proves the idea that nobody in the town of Maycomb cares about Tom Robinson or the death of a black man for that matter

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Compare:
.They both live in Maycomb
.They both were in court
.They were both killed
Contrast:
.Bob Ewell is a white man .Tom Robinson is a colored man
.Tom was accused of 🤬

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"I felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest of 'em". Tom feels sorry for Mayella. He felt sorry because she works harder than the rest of her family.

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The story of young 14 year old Emmett Till is much like Tom Robinson's, in that the boy was falsely accused of harassing a white woman. Emmett was savagely beaten and lynched for something that wasn't even proven to be true, just as Tom had been mistreated for something that wasn't proven.

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The Scottsboro Boys were falsely accused of raping two white women. However unlike Tom Robinson they survived their prison sentence. When they were put on trial again they were aquitted.