Ethical Issues In To Kill A Mockingbird
In the book “To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Lee talks a lot about the good and the evil that is in our world, the unfairness of people and other decisions they make. The way Lee shows that is by using the people in her book, straight from Maycomb, Alabama. She expresses the wrong choices and decisions the people make for the wrong reasons.
In the little place of Maycomb there is a problem, a problem that shouldn't really be one, that problem is race, the white people against the African Americans. The inequality decisions that was made between an African American man, Tom Robinson against the townspeople. They accused Tom for sexual harassment against a white woman, Mayella Ewell. They said they found her all wound up on the ground of her living room, but Tom didn't do it and there was clear evidence that made it so.
Atticus Finch , the lawyer that helped Tom Robinson in his case, made a closing statement before the jury were on there way to see if Tom should be pointed guilty or not guilty,” The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question to cross-examination, but has …show more content…
Atticus makes a true statement, one that is believable and could be proof, but the people don't really care much if there's evidence or eyewitnesses for that matter, “I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt”, after his speech the jury went to go decide for the crime and came back in time, “Guilty”, all the reason they appointed Tom Robinson guilty was for the fact that he i an African American man. The choices they made is
In the little place of Maycomb there is a problem, a problem that shouldn't really be one, that problem is race, the white people against the African Americans. The inequality decisions that was made between an African American man, Tom Robinson against the townspeople. They accused Tom for sexual harassment against a white woman, Mayella Ewell. They said they found her all wound up on the ground of her living room, but Tom didn't do it and there was clear evidence that made it so.
Atticus Finch , the lawyer that helped Tom Robinson in his case, made a closing statement before the jury were on there way to see if Tom should be pointed guilty or not guilty,” The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question to cross-examination, but has …show more content…
Atticus makes a true statement, one that is believable and could be proof, but the people don't really care much if there's evidence or eyewitnesses for that matter, “I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt”, after his speech the jury went to go decide for the crime and came back in time, “Guilty”, all the reason they appointed Tom Robinson guilty was for the fact that he i an African American man. The choices they made is