She is aware that it is intolerable for her to try and seduce a black man. ... Tom Robinson's only mistake is being a black man at a time of such racial segregation in Maycomb. Tom Robinson is a very respectable and humble black man. ... They are aiming to kill him rather than aiming to stop him, only because he is black. ... It was believed that Boo Radley was a complete monster as Jem described him saying, "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that is why his hands were bloodstained....

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• Grade Level: High School

Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson, a black man, in a 'predetermined' court case, and despite their innocence and good-nature, were ridiculed. ... He even defends a Black man, Tom Robinson, who was incorrectly accused of rape. ... Nevertheless, the County, both Black and White, got to witness Atticus as the one white man in the county who would thoroughly defend and fight for a Black man's rights and liberty. ... However, "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed" since the word of a black man would never be taken over that of a white woma...

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