You are Jem. It is 40 years after the trial of Tom Robinson and you are a Civil rights lawyer. Write an appeal which you might make to clear Tom Robinson’s name finally.

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Shamim K.

You are Jem. It is 40 years after the trial of Tom Robinson and you are a Civil rights lawyer. Write an appeal which you might make to clear Tom Robinson's name finally.

Dear Sir,

Today we are at the dawn of the twenty first century. Things have changed, many modern technologies have been spawned, but there is still one major issue which still needs to be debated, and that is the deeds and attitudes of we white people towards the sinless blacks. The blacks who have always born our cruelties and injustice for the past centuries, without even having the slightest thought at any time at retaliating. It was these white people who didn't understand the cry of the civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, and my father, Atticus, who both believed in "that all men are created equal", who both believed the fact that we are all "as fruits of one tree and leaves of one branch" whatever our skin colour.

It has now been almost two years since my father's death. He was a man of strong morals and principles and a man of great wisdom, "stood up for what he believed was right." Although Scout and I thought that he was futile, he was actually "a civilized man in his heart." This is why he defended Tom Robinson who was a Negro, from the accusation that he was facing, a false accusation in which he had been accused of raping a white girl. He was charged with a crime he did not commit. He grew "tired of white mans chances" in society who refused to treat him with justice and humanity. "My father just couldn't go to church and worship God if he hadn't tried to help this man", although at the same time he knew very well that there was no chance of success.

Atticus saw past a man's colour and looked into the depth of his character. As he always told us, we will never really understand a person until we "consider things from his point of view, until we climb into his skin and walk around it." He showed us what the real meaning of courage was. "Courage is not just a man with a gun in his hand, instead it's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway." My father always looked upon the day in which he could clear the name 'rapist' from Tom Robinson's memorial grave. Unfortunately he failed, as he faced "Maycomb's usual disease", which was clearly racism. Today I would like to continue his mission and to bring up again the case of Tom Robinson in order for me to achieve what he suffered achieve.
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Tom Robinson, a black "clean Negro", who was a member of a black church in Maycomb, receives my deepest sympathy since he was a victim of physical injustice and suffered the worst consequence, death. For all the good deeds that he did for Mayella Ewell, such as "chopping or kindling" he eventually ended up dead. It has been argued that he was probably the "only person who was ever decent to her, since white people wouldn't have anything to do with her, as she lived amongst pigs and at the same time the blacks would also pay no ...

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