Tom Robison was in such a difficult position when he stepped foot inside the Ewell home because he went where no one had gone before. He went in god-forsaken territories in the eyes of a black man out of pure goodness and he wanted to help Miss. Mayella Ewell. For a black man, even stepping foot on a white mans property was unheard of, but the fact that Tom Robinson took it a step farther and help Mayella perform tasks on a daily basis and even dared to venture into their house was considered my many suicidal. Furthermore he did it for no reward expect self-fulfillment. On page 200 Mr. Gilmir says, “You did all this chopping and work from sheer goodness, boy” and Tom answers, “Tried to help he, I says.” This shows that even though Tom ventured into the Ewell property on a daily basis to help Mayella was out of goodness, but no one held a black man to be credible for anything. In most white peoples eyes at the time in Maycomb County, Alabama a black person was never right if opposed by a white person.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Two Different Worlds
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I agree with what you are saying about how Tom Robinson had made an effort to help another person in need. The sheer fact that he would help miss. Mayella (a white female) shows that his sense of what is right overpower his gut instincts. During this time and era any intimate actions between a man of color and a white female was unheard of. This is blatantly shown in how Mr. Raymond is shunned and isolated from society (for being married to a woman of color). Tom Robinson must have been aware from the beginning of the consequences of his actions. Unfortunately for his innocent acts of kindness he was accused of rape and the possibility of death. This is a battle between what is actually right and what people have been taught to think is right. This last sentence again relates back to Mr. Raymond, he has tried for so long to show society that what he is doing isn’t abnormal, that he has just given up. This shows how stubborn societies’ views are.
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