When Tom Robinson stands up in court, we learn that his left arm is 12 inches shorter than his right arm, and that it is shriveled and useless due to being caught in a cotton gin when he was a child.
The children learn that Tom Robinson's left arm is useless to him, as it was caught in a cotton gin, and tore out all of the muscle in that arm.
Tim Robinson's left arm is missing from the elbow down due to a birth defect called phocomelia.
In to kill a mockingbird, Tom Robinson lost his arm at age 12 in Mr. Dolphus Raymond's cotton gin.
When Tom Robinson stands up, his left arm is 12 inches shorter than his right and is limping deadly on the side. When Tom was small, his left arm has gotten caught in Mr. Dolphus Raymond's cotton gin and it ripped out all his muscles from his bones and he almost bled to death. Hoped that helped. (:
We learn that Tom's left arm is actually useless. The bruises on Mayella's face are on her right side, so this doesnt make sense if Tom can only use his right arm, Mayellaa's dad is left handed and more likely to leave harsh scars on the right side of a persons face.
Tom Robinson is a black man whose left arm is 12 inches shorter then his right arm.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," Tom Robinson's handicap is a crippled left arm due to an accident involving a cotton gin. This physical disability is a significant aspect of his character and plays a role in the trial.
his crippled left arm, which was useless due to an injury sustained in childhood.
Tom Robinson's left arm is useless. It was caught in a cotton gin when he was 12 years old and part of the arm was ripped off.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," we learn that Tom Robinson is a kind and respectful black man who is falsely accused of raping a white woman. He is a victim of racial prejudice and discrimination within the court system, despite his innocence. Tom represents the injustice and racial inequality that existed in the American South during the 1930s.
mayella Ewell states she was beaten on the right side of her face. so it would only make since that the person who beat her was left handed, or at least had a left arm. but tom Robinson's left arm was effected at birth and was dead and shriveled up, there was no possible way for him to have done it.
Because her bruises indicate that the person who hit her hit her with their left hand. Tom Robinson's left arm is cripled. That means it couldn't of been him.