In To Kill Mockingbird, there is not one, but two plot lines. We first learn about Arthur Radley and the fear that he evokes in people all over town. We are then presented with the trial of Tom Robinson. Although they are two very different characters, the similarities in their situations are evident. The following parallels are in the book: they are both falsely accused, they are both judged, and they are both "jailed".
Arthur Radley was falsely accused of stabbing his father; this was a rumor. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella, which was also not true. Both Robinson and Radley are being judged because of social factors. Radley is judged because he likes to be alone and indoors and Robinson is judged because of the color of his skin. Because of their accusations, they are both sentenced to time in jail.
The two, apparently separate at the beginning of the book, plot lines begin to come together more and more as the storyline of the book evolves. Robinson and Radley's lives compliment each other in terms of making different factors of their lives very evident. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's ingenius writing gives us two very separate, but yet very intertwined plots.
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