Unfortunately, many in Maycomb assume Tom was running
away. They believe that it is typical of blacks to run away from their problems. Some
just assumed that Tom was stupid, because he knew he could not get over the
fence.
It should be noted that if Tom had not been
crippled, he would have made it. Tom was not running away from his problems, he was
committing suicide. By doing so, he was sparing himself and everyone else months and
years of pain. It is true that Helen was left a widow, but Tom likely figured that it
would be easier on her to have him dead than to have him in prison for life or
executed.
Tom ended things on his own terms. He had little
control over his life, but he was able to take control over his death. No one could
take that from him.
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