Tom Robinson Research Paper

“Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle,” (John 19:17-18). Jesus Christ’s valiant life was terminated with a horrendous execution. Tom Robinson’s did as well. He lived his life in the name in the name of others, helping everyone that he could, going out of his way to save people, even Judas, who would betray him. Tom did this aswell, constantly assisting Mayella, she who would betray him in court. Jesus had followers who believed in his message, just as Tom had believers in his innocence. Jesus and his followers would face persecution, just as Tom and hisi believers would. The judgements and death sentences of Jesus and Tom would make them become martyrs. The Martyrdoms would be essential for their causes. Many aspects of Tom Robinson’s life and death

Despite strong opposition, some people listened to him, just as they listened to Jesus. Jesus, Tom, and both of their believer groups were persecuted. This persecution culimnated in execution. The execution, though, gave way to change. The death of Tom was, in itself, bad. After all, the statement referred to in the title, “... ‘it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,’” (Lee 93) strongly applies to Tom Robinson, whose last name is even illusive to a bird. But the goodness that could come out of his death, the equality that could be born from an act of inequality, was a wonderful blessing, much like that the change that came from the death of Jesus Christ. This similarity made Lee’s message all the more powerful; if things were bad enough for African Americans that she could make a realistic character who faced persecution like Jesus did, things must be changed. Even then, people looked back on the sins against Christ as abominable; Lee showed those same people that they were just as