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eross08
eross08
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High School - 12th Grade

What  was Tom Robinson's life like in the story?

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Posted by eross08 on Tuesday October 2, 2007 at 2:29 PM and tagged with charater, to kill a mockingbird.

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  1. sagetrieb Teacher
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    It has to be mentioned as well that the text suggests that as a black man Tom "knew his place," which is partly implied in the characterization of him as "honest and decent." Scout tells us (in her adult voice--without irony) that "He seemed to be a respectable Negro, and a respectable Negro would never go up into somebody's yard of his own volition" (Chp 19). The novel was written in 1962, and while it surely dramatizes racism as a disease that ruins society, it is also a product of its cultural moment that did not go beyond a black person "having a place"--a place that is respectable, but a place nevertheless.

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    Posted by sagetrieb on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 3:48 PM