McKenna Hagan

12/16/14
Mr. King
Period 3

To Kill A Mockingbird
The trial of Tom Robinson is a travesty of justice. Respond to the following activities by typing
your responses in word processor, and then upload your responses to the appropriate location on
Socrative:
a. Analyze the testimony given at Tom Robinsons trial. For each witness (Heck Tate, Bob
Ewell, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson), discuss the following elements: Pathos, Logos, Ethos.
b. Develop a Claim, Data, Warrant for one of the 4 witnesses.
c. Analyze the testimony of Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson. Develop a SPES in
which you identify the grounds Atticus will have for appealing the jurys verdict. Find at least
two pieces of evidence from the text to support your claim. Explain why that evidence justifies
an appeal. Finally, synthesize your position with fresh new insights or perspectives.
A. Heck Tate
Pathos: Heck told Bob Ewell that his daughter Mayella had been raped. He recalls that he found
Mayella bruised and beaten, and she told him that Tom Robinson had raped her.
Ethos: He is the sheriff of Maycomb and a trusted man.
Logos: He admits that no doctor was summoned, and tells Atticus that Mayellas bruises were on
the right side of her face.
Bob Ewell
Pathos: He heard his daughter yelling and ran for the house and when he reached it, Bob looked
in the window and saw Tom Robinson raping his daughter.
Ethos: A drunken man who is an unemployed member of Maycombs and belongs to the poorest
family in town
Logos: He claims no doctor was called because it was much too expensive and there was really
no need for one.
Mayella Ewell
Pathos: She is terrified nineteen-year-old girl.
Ethos: Bob Ewells abused, lonely, unhappy daughter.

McKenna Hagan
12/16/14
Mr. King
Period 3

To Kill A Mockingbird
Logos: She says that she called Tom Robinson inside the fence that evening and offered him a
nickel to break up a dresser for her, and that once he got inside he grabbed her and took
advantage of her.
Tom Robinson
Pathos: Tom is not allowed to feel bad for whites but he does in this case and his boss stands and
makes a statement about it.
Ethos: The black field hand accused of rape.
Logos: Tom recalls that Mayella asked him to come inside the house and fix a door and when he
came inside, there was nothing wrong with the door, and he noticed that the other children were
gone. Mayella told him she had saved her money and sent them all to buy ice cream. Then she
asked him to lift a box down from a dresser. When Tom climbed on a chair, she grabbed his legs,
scaring him so much that he jumped down. She then hugged him around the waist and asked him
to kiss her. As she struggled, her father appeared at the window, calling Mayella a whore and
threatening to kill her and Tom had left the scene.
B. Tom Robinson
C- Tom is accused of raping Mayella Ewell
D- Tom recalls that Mayella asked him to come inside the house and fix a door and when he
came inside, there was nothing wrong with the door, and he noticed that the other children were
gone. Mayella told him she had saved her money and sent them all to buy ice cream. Then she
asked him to lift a box down from a dresser. When Tom climbed on a chair, she grabbed his legs,
scaring him so much that he jumped down. She then hugged him around the waist and asked him
to kiss her. As she struggled, her father appeared at the window, calling Mayella a whore and
threatening to kill her and Tom had left the scene.
W- Tom testifies that he always passed the Ewell house on the way to work and that Mayella
often asked him to do chores for her.
C. S- Tom Robinson deserves a new trial because the evidence that was presented was
inaccurate for Mayella she tried avoiding questions and being very defensive of her
family.
P- chapter 18 page 250-251 shows Mayella avoiding questions coming at her in the trial and then
avoiding them all together by crying; on page 240 she had cried again and said that she was
scared of Mr. Finch.

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12/16/14
Mr. King
Period 3

To Kill A Mockingbird
E- This evidence proves that the information given was invalid and deserves a second look and a
second chance to prove that Tom Robinson was indeed innocent.
S- Tom Robinson is innocent and set up because the town is full of whites that do not like blacks
and is considered guilty because of his color.