There is one main character that links Part I and Part II together-the mysterious Boo Radley who hadn"t showed his face in twenty-five years. .
During the 1930's racial prejudice was deeply embedded in the South. Certain people were discriminated against simply by the color of their skin. Examples of this prejudice are repeatedly displayed in Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Tom Robinson is a kind, honest, black man. He goes to work daily for Mr. Link Deas to support his wife and children. He was a good man. If someone needed his assistance, he would help them to the best of his ability. However, on the evening of November twenty-first Mr. Robinson's generosity led him to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Miss Mayella called upon him to fix the hinges on her door, he discovered that there was nothing wrong with the door. Tom noticed that oddly, not a single one of Miss Mayella's siblings were home. Miss Mayella declared that she had sent them to town to get some ice cream and they"d be gone for a while. Next thing Tom knew Miss Mayella had jumped on him and started hugging and trying to kiss on him. He attempted to get away to the best of his ability without inducing violence on Miss Mayella. Knowing that being a black man he would be in a dilemma if he harmed a white woman, even in self-defense. When Mr. Ewell, Mayella's drunken father arrived home, and spotted Mayella making advances toward Tom she released him and he went running home. Mr. Ewell was outraged. After taking his drunken anger out on Miss Mayella he tracked down Sheriff Heck Tate and reported a rape. There was no doctor called, and no in-depth investigation. Miss Mayella Ewell was a raped by Mr. Tom Robinson, exclusively upon the evidence of Mr. Bob Ewell's word. Honorable lawyer, Atticus Finch was assigned to Tom Robinson's defense. When the trial came about, all evidence made it very clear that Tom Robinson was innocent, that he had been falsely accused.
