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What does Link Deas do for Helen?
Deas helps support Tom’s family. He creates a job for Helen even though he doesn’t really need her help. While he doesn’t do much to change the ways in which the system is broken, he does make a significant difference in the life of Helen and her children by protecting her from Ewell.
What does Link Deas do?
Link Deas. Link Deas owns cotton fields and a store in Maycomb. He is Tom Robinson’s employer and when he announces in court, that he had not “had a speck o’ trouble outta him” in the eight years Tom had been working for him, he is sent out by Judge John Taylor for his outburst.
Why does Link Deas threaten Bob Ewell with the hand of the law?
He’s a generally kind man who employed Tom Robinson, and employs Tom’s wife, Helen, after Tom is found guilty at his trial and imprisoned. When Bob Ewell tries to intimidate Helen following the trial, Mr. Deas threatens him, and he’s thrown out of court for defending Tom’s character unprompted.
What does the judge do when Link Deas speaks out in court about Tom?
What does Judge Taylor say to Deas when he speaks in favor of Tom? The judge throws Deas out of the courtroom. Scout took Dill from the courtroom because he began to cry.
How do the Ewells torment Helen What does Mr Link Deas do to put a stop to it why?
After Link Deas yells at Bob Ewell and his family for doing that, Ewell follows Helen to work on the same public road to intimidate her. Helen thinks she could hear him speaking obscenities under his breath at her. Link Deas steps up for Helen by threatening Ewell with assault charges if he continues such behavior.
What does link Deas do to disrupt the court and how does the judge react?
Link Deas is immediately chastised by Judge Taylor, who furiously bangs his gavel and warns Link about charging him with contempt of court for any additional interruptions. Link Deas’s defense of Tom Robinson emphasizes Tom’s innocent, honest nature and positive reputation throughout the community.