Why did Tom try to escape from prison in To Kill a Mockingbird?To Kill a Mockingbird *Chapter 24* - Answer the following questions completely using...

Harper Lee doesn't really give much information about why
Tom tried to make his escape in Chapter 24 of To Kill a
Mockingbird. According to Atticus, he considered Tom's chances for a
successful appeal "good"; however, Atticus adds that Tom was probably " 'tired of white
men's chances' " and decided to take a chance on his own. Tom must have figured that he
would have a better chance of escaping while he was in the prison yard during his
exercise period. It was then that he broke into a dead run and started climbing the
fence. He nearly made it, the guards told Atticus, before they riddled him with 17
bullet holes.