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What jail did tom Robinson try and escape from?
"He was at Enfield Prison Farm, seventy miles away in Chester County"(Lee,219).
Why didn't Atticus agree with moving tom Robinson to the local jail?
Atticus didn't agree with moving Tom Robinson to the local jail because he knew that it would jeopardize Tom's safety. Atticus feared that the local community, influenced by racism, might try to harm or even kill Tom. He believed that keeping Tom in the county jail would ensure his physical protection until the trial.
How does atticus know that Tom is coming back to the Maycomb jail?
Atticus knows Tom Robinson is coming back to the Maycomb jail because he received a tip from Heck Tate, the sheriff, that a mob might try to harm Tom. Therefore, Atticus decides to sit by Tom in an attempt to protect him.
Why did Heck Tate and the men accompanying him want Tom Robinson moved out of the local jail?
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr. Heck Tate is the sheriff and the reason he wanted to move Tom to the Local jail is because he believed it to be safe from angry whites wanting to lynch him. In those days, it was blacks that mostly occupied the jails, and he realized that because the mobs could not get into the cells to kill Tom, and that there are fellow blacks, that it was safe. I believe that he truly wasn't racist, or as racist as the others.
What is a sentence with the word desperado?
The desperado try to escape jail.
To Kill a Mockingbird according to toms story when did he bust up the chiffarobe?
Tom's sentence was death by electric chair. Atticus was going to try to appeal to the higher court, but Tom was shot (as he was trying to escape from jail) before that could happen
What does sheriff heck tate tell atticus when he stops by the finch household one evening after supper?
In Chapter 28 of To Kill a Mockingbird, while everyone is in the room where Jem is resting, Sheriff Heck Tate comes in and informs them that Bob Ewell was lying on the ground dead with a kitchen knife stuck under his ribs.
What kind of trouble begins to happen first at the Finch house and then at the jail?
At the Finch house, trouble begins when Scout and Jem are harassed by Bob Ewell following the trial, putting them in harm's way. At the jail, trouble starts when a mob arrives to lynch Tom Robinson, but is diffused by Scout's innocent conversation with Mr. Cunningham.
What is Atticus worried about when he goes and sits in front of the jail in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Atticus is worried that Tom is going to be lynched. He sits in front of the jail and a group of men shows up intending to do just that. Scout intervenes and inadvertently causes the men to disband before doing any violence.
How old is Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mokingbird?
I am almost 100% certain that he was 24 years old. He died when he tried to escape the prison after the trial and after Atticus told him not to worry and that they would try another case. 27 bullets were the number of shotgun shells that the sherrif put into tom to kill him.
In To Kill a Mockingbird what chapter is the mob?
The mob scene in "To Kill a Mockingbird" occurs in Chapter 15 when a group of men go to the Maycomb jail to try and harm Tom Robinson. Atticus Finch intervenes and diffuses the situation, ultimately protecting Tom from the angry mob.
Why would Tom try to escape knowing that Atticus would help in his appeal?
He also knew that he would be killed by the racist towns people that night if he did not try to escape. (:
