Who is Tom Robinson in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Answer 1

Tom Robinson, a black man, lives on the outskirts of Maycomb with his wife and children. He is seen a kind and gentle man earns a lot of respect in the town of Maycomb by his service. Tom Robinson is a member of the church and attends with Calpurnia, this suggests that he is highly religious and respects and worships God. He, like Atticus, is polite and thinks nothing of doing various things for others out of sheer compassion and kindness. Tom Robinson is an idealised figure of a mockingbird as he shows prejudice through his skin colour and invokes sympathy from the audience as we learn he is accused of rape by Mayella Ewell when helping her with household chores, although we learn that it is a false allegation. A couple of days later, he tries escaping jail and is shot 17 times. He dies thus.

Answer 2

Tom Robinson is a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." He is represented as a symbol of racial injustice and is defended by the protagonist's father, Atticus Finch, in a highly publicized trial. Robinson's character highlights the realities of racism and prejudice in the American South during the 1930s.