Taking A Stand

To take a stand means to be unmovable on a subject or to protect someone or something.  I feel it means to commit time and resources to something you firmly believe in.  An example of people taking a stand is about the topic of abortion. Jews and Christians believe abortion its not moral to practice abortion as it is similar to committing genocide. I do not believe Tom Robinson took a stand for himself when he tried to escape  from prison. He was not making a point with his actions. He was trying to kill himself. By trying to climb the jail's fence to freedom he was not stating his innocence. I believe Tom already knew he was done for and that he had no chance of winning the trial, so he decides to get it over with and he basically in a way commits suicide. Even if Tom decided to wait for the appeal, he would he would die still. He wanted to save his family the trouble of watching him  slowly die. So he just decided to get it over with.