4 July 2012
Day 1.
I am Tom Robinson. I am from Maycomb. I have a wife and children. I was accused of raping a white girl. I'm in jail. I'm innocent.
But I feel safe in here, there ain't no white person to go accusing me of crimes I would not ever commit if my life depended on it, ain't no chance I'll get dirty looks or bad words said about me when there's only me locked up.
Of course I miss them. My beautiful wife, my children. Jem, Scout, Atticus. Especially Atticus. That family is the kindest, most honest family I'll ever know.
I'll be alright, in here. I never expected to win that case, nobody did, so I was ready for being in here, ready for the loneliness, the hopelessness, the screaming. But I'll be alright. I can last until the hanging.
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