I don't know if anyone has read chapter 19 yet, but if you have try and help me here. Mr. Gilmer asked Tom Robinson why he did chores for Mayella, and why he did them for no pay.
Mr. Gilmer smiled grimly at the jury. "You're a mighty good fellow, it seems- did all this for not one penny?"
" Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest of 'em-"
"You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?" Mr. Gilmer seemed ready to rise to the ceiling.
And then it said that the witness (Tom Robinson) had realized his mistake. Why is that a mistake?
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Consider the race of Tom and of Mayella. Who was considered lower class--the white trash girl or the hard working black man? Remember the Scottsboro Boys? Now, what was his mistake?
I really was wondering the same thing. I can't see how that is a mistake...Now I can see how someone like Atticus feeling sorry for the Ewells may be seen as discrimination, but Tom Robinson's courtesy should not have gotten him in trouble in my opinion.
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