However, when a rape was reported in Maycomb, he was automatically a suspect, simply because he was black and different from the white majority in the town. ... Many people were frightened of him, because he had been locked in the house by his relatives for a long time, and never was seen. The author suggests that Boo had done something long ago to make his family ashamed of him, and that he was locked away because of that. ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

They are also hinted to by most of Maycomb's white population that Tom is an evil black person that rapes white women, except that the children have Atticus" influence and a few others that are not racist and know better that Tom is innocent. ... Tom is looked down upon because he is black and because that he feels sorry for Mayella (during the trial when he says that he is sorry for her), and Boo is looked down upon because he is a social recluse, someone who is looked upon as being crazy and unstable, and has been locked up inside his house for years, (since long before Jem and...

• Word Count: 704
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

" ( Lee, 246) Mayella also feels compelled to accuse Tom Robinson of raping her. ... His generosity is not rewarded as he is falsely accused of raping Mayella. ... Bob Ewell needs to place the blame on somebody for his actions as Atticus infers, " What did your father see in the window, the crime of rape or the best defense to it" (251) What is disturbing is that his fate in the trial is predetermined as Scout explained, "Tom Robinson was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.... Boo Radley has been locked up in his house since he was a kid, "Mr...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Yet, the whole neighborhood locked their doors and closed their windows because of something they were told by another person. ... Tom is ridiculed by Maycomb residents and framed of raping Mayella Ewell. ...

• Word Count: 1225
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School