How Does Hume Use Atticus Speech In A Time To Kill
A Time to kill is a film set in the rural Mississippi during the 1980’s. The conflict of the film intensifies as a lawyer by the name Jake Brigance defends a black man on trial for murdering two men who raped his 10 year old daughter. Towards the end of the film, Jake gives a compelling speech which in end helps to convince the jury of Carl Lee Hailey’s innocence. The speech given by Jake was captivating and cannot be compared to Atticus’ speech in To Kill a Mockingbird because in my opinion Jake’s speech offered real life connections, used the theme of empathy and Jake had a special connection to the trail. To begin Jake won the hearts of the jury by sharing the story of the 10 year old girl named Tonya Hailey who was raped by two men. This