Tom Robinson Convictions In To Kill A Mockingbird

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During the case of Tom Robinson and his conviction, Scout is exposed to how the people of Maycomb react to racism, learning how to react to racism herself. For example, when the jury was deciding a verdict, Reverend Sykes says, “I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man”(Lee 238). When Reverend Sykes says this, Scout finally experiences how racism affects her and the townspeople personally. She also assimilates the information and influences around her, making herself racist as well. For instance, while explaining things to Dill, Scout makes a racist remark saying, “Well, Dill, after all, he’s just a Negro”(Lee 226). With Scout saying this, it would be her primitive time of saying, out loud, a racist remark.

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