Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping a white girl. At his trial, Tom testifies that he did not rape her, but that she asked him to come into their house to help with a chore, and then she began grabbing and kissing him, so he ran away.
Tom says he felt bad for Mayella who was fully responsible for her many younger siblings, while her father instead of bringing in a paycheck spent all his time getting drunk. He regularly offers her help when she asks him as he passes her house on his way home. On the night in question she asks him to come in and help her get some things down. While he is up on a chair reaching she grabs him round the waist and begins to come on to him, he tries to fight her off when her father sees her through the window and screams he's going to kill her, Tom then runs home horrified and scared.
He didn't rape Mayella. Mayella invited him into her house and kissed him, saying she'd never kissed a man before. Bob then arrives, and Tom gets scared because he's caught in a bad situation, him being black. So he gets out of there.
Tom Robinson's side of the story was that all he did was try to help her for a nickle and one day he came by and she tried to tell him to come in and when he did she tried to kiss him because she had never kissed a colored foke before and he wouldn't do it. So when her father found out he beat her.
Mayella raped him by first kissing him and then knocking him down to the floor (cross examination chapters)
he didn't touch her
tom says that mayella jumped on him and kissed him on the cheek. and then mr. Ewell yelled and tom ran becasue he was scared
Tom says he felt bad for Mayella who was fully responsible for her many younger siblings, while her father instead of bringing in a pay check spent all his time getting drunk, he regularly offers her help when she asks him as he passes her house on his way home. On the night in question she asks him to come in and help her get some things down, while he is up on a chair reaching she grabs him round the waist and begins to come on to him, he tries to fight her off when her father sees her through the window and screams hes going to kill her, Tom then runs home horrifed and scared
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