Trivia-on-Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The many events that reveal the darker side of human nature in To Kill a Mockingbird threaten the youthful innocence of Scout and Jem. Incidents like false accusations against Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell beating his daughter, cause Scout and Jem to begin to lose faith in the human ability to behave morally. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem's father, agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Scout and Jem cannot believe that a jury convicts Tom when it is clear that he is innocent and that the claims against him were a fabrication to protect the child abuser, Bob Ewell. Scout and Jem question the morals their father has taught them, and realize that sometimes the world is not fair.