![]() ![]() This sleepy town, however, soon comes alive with the crisis of racism and prejudice as Atticus Finch takes on Robinson as his client, a Black man accused of raping a white woman. Lee’s novel follows the idea of innocence in the southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the midst of the Great Depression. “Becoming Tom showed me a perspective of a man who lives in fear but still tries to make his days the best they can be.” “Being a person of color in the South puts you in a perspective where it feels like the whole world hates you,” said Angel Garcia, who portrayed Tom Robinson. ![]() Racial inequality, injustice and innocence destroyed by evil are topics Laura Cottrill’s students recently experienced as they put on the shoes of the characters in Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”Įnglish 9 honors students at Seymour High School traveled to the Jackson Superior Court I courtroom in Brownstown on April 21 to bring the trial of Tom Robinson to life. Gilmer, in the Jackson Superior Court I courtroom in Brownstown on April 21. Seymour High School freshman Angel Garcia portrays Tom Robinson in the trial in Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with Paulton Rennekamp, left, playing the role of the prosecutor, Mr. ![]()
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