There are a couple of reactions to the news of Tom Robinson's death. A few of the people, who really cared, were upset about the news.
The rest of the town, however, could not have cared less. Now that the hype had died down about the trial, people just thought Tom was another black person to be killed and they thought he got what he deserved. For a couple of days, the people would talk about it, and gossip, but after that the news just went away.
The death of Tom Robinson shows us of the tragic injustice done to Tom. The whole town was against the innocent man right from the beginning. Just because he was a black man, he was guilty before there was a trial. The harsh reality of what Scout and Jem see brings them to maturity sooner than Atticus had wanted it to. Atticus had tried so hard to keep the ugliness from the kids, but they were thrown right in the middle of it. Jem and Scout saw first hand just how mean and hateful people can be. By the town reacting the way they did, just goes to show us what the people of Maycomb really thought of Tom.
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