Scout’s description was that Tom would have made a fine specimen of a man if he had been whole(his left arm).

You can find the description in the book at the trial scene, when it is Tom Robinson’s turn to testify.

RE:
To kill a mockingbird: What is the physical description of Tom Robinson?
Besides his left arm being shorter than his right?

Scout: short hair, wears overalls, skinny. Jem: hair that falls over his forehead and sticks up at the back, oval face, brown eyes, wears overalls. Atticus: square jaw, greying black hair, wears glasses and a suit (somewhere in Chp 15). Mayella: Chp 18 of novel. Tom Robinson: Chp 19 of novel. Boo Radley: End of Chp 29. Hope this helps. =)

Tom Robinson

Tom is a young, harmless, innocent, hardworking black. As Scout realizes, he would have been a fine specimen, but for his left hand, which had been injured in an accident. Tom was married, with three children and worked for Mr. Link Deas in his farm.

The only mistake he made was that he took pity on Mayella and often helped her by doing small household chores for her. He pitied Mayella for her deplorable condition and so helped her whenever possible. But the racial prejudices in Maycomb county are still too dominant for this concern to be outweighed, and so Tom lost.

Tom’s courtesy and innate goodness is revealed during the court scene, when he refuses at first to repeat the foul language used by Bob Ewell. He never openly accuses Mayella of lying, he just feels that she must be “mistaken in her mind”. All this endears him to the reader and his eventual death brings about a profound sense of sorrow and despair at the injustice prevalent in the society.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmToKill42.asp

Student Study Guides:

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmToKill02.asp

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/killmockingbird/

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-143.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/mocking.asp

http://www.novelguide.com/tokillamockingbird/

http://www.bookwolf.com/Free_Booknotes/To_Kill_a_Mocking_Bird/to_kill_a_mocking_bird.html

http://www.awerty.com/tokill2.html

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8866/mock.html