When items start to appear in the tree outside Boos residence, the children comprehend it must be Boo. When these events commence the children begin to think how Boo is a different sort of person from the prejudice myths of the town. In novel its now winter and Miss Maudies house burns to a crisp, when Scout is watching the fire someone wraps a blanket around Scouts shoulders we find out that this someone, is the kind and gentle Boo “I looked down and found myself clutching a brown woollen blanket I was wearing around my shoulders, squaw-fashion”.
Tom Robinson is another person in ‘To kill a mocking bird’ that I fell sympathetic towards because he’s a normal black person accused of a crime that he didn’t even commit. Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Tom comes into the story in chapter 12 when Atticus’ black cook (Calpurnia) takes Jem and Scout to her community church. Whilst at the church there is a collection for Helen Robinson, Tom Robinson’s wife.
In the trial Tom tells the court that he often does jobs for Mayella. He said that he was asked into the house then advances where made to him. He said he didn’t like it at all so he ran out of Mayella’s house through the front door. Tom comes across in court as a very gentle, frail and innocent. He has respect for everybody by saying “Yes, sir”. Tom says he felt sorry for Mayella which is totally the opposite that the court wanted to hear. Tom comes across as a ‘Mocking Bird’.
Atticus Finch is the third person which I felt sympathetic towards. He’s a fair just man who just wants to do the right thing. He tries to bring his children up to the best of his potential and with him being a widower he finds it hard at times. In the book Atticus is accused of being a “Niger lover” because he defends Tom Robinson (the suspected rapist) in court.
In the book Atticus is one of the most important characters, he’s the character that makes the whole book make sense by saying to his children Jem and Scout “Kill as many Blue jays as you wish, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird. In chapter 11 Atticus tries to explain to Jem and Scout that if he didn’t take the Tom Robinson case he couldn’t live with him self, “before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience”.
The person that I most feel sympathetic towards in ‘To kill a Mocking bird’ has got to be Tom Robinson. It basically comes down to him being a fair, well working Black man who’s accused of something that he hasn’t done. The story is typical of South America during the 1930’s, when white people treated the black people like scum. I felt sad towards the end of the novel where Tom is shot from trying to escape prison after he had being found guilty of rape leaving a wife and 2 children behind.
