In our society, people are always being treated unfairly whether it is or is not intentional. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the character Tom Robinson was a hardworking crippled Black man living in 1930’s America. He was convicted for raping a White young woman named Mayella Ewell. Throughout the course of the book, Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb, Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally retarded citizen of Decatur, Alabama living in America in 1978. He was convicted for the rape of a White woman. Hines is an unaware victim in the struggle for civil rights. Tom Robinson and Tommy Lee Hines are good examples of people who have been judged unfairly over things they could not control. Their race, ability to express themselves, and verdicts in their trails are reasons why they are targets of unfair judgement.…
Throughout history, there have been people who oppose the will of society, often actively working against it. Every society had there Joan of Arc or their Martin Luther King Jr., and this trend carried over to popular culture, finding its way into movies, books, television and radio. Harper Lee’s famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is no exception. She weaves a near-timeless tale of the path from childhood to adulthood. In her unforgettable novel, the character of Atticus Finch assumes this role, as he takes on the court case of Tom Robinson, a black man convicted of rape, in his opinions on the mysterious Arthur “Boo” Radley, and even in his personal positions on many aspects of his life.…
One of Atticus’ best traits is his fairness to all people. He treats any man no matter young, old, skinny, fat, ugly, beautiful, or even ethnicticity. Although the best thing for himself to do was not to take Tom Robinson’s case, he knew it would not be fair so he…
To Kill a Mockingbird’s themes of justice, morality, and ethics are represented through the actions and beliefs of the characters Atticus, Bob Ewell, and the town of Maycomb, represented through the Missionary Society, which is controlled by the sociable white women. Justice, as in justice by law, is inherent in the novel as is justice through karma. Morality is also central to the novel; a strong sense of morality, or rather a lack of, guides the characters as the story progresses. Ethics and unethical conduct form the basis for the plotline. Harper Lee uses characters to control the events that bring conflict in To Kill a Mockingbird.…
Atticus Finch, a character in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee questions the values of society. Atticus expresses the right for equality among all races. Atticus is the lawyer for Tom Robinson and this story focuses on the conflict within the trial he defends in order to support equality.…
In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of Scout and her father…
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch’s choice to represent Tom Robinson and completely fulfill his duties in a rape case has many severe consequences. Three of them are, Scout and Jem being ridiculed by their peers, Tom Robinson’s death, and Scout and Jem being attacked by Bob Ewell.…
Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is significant because it gives many examples of individuals protecting the innocent. Jem, Scout, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley are characters in the book that are examples of “innocents” who were in need of protection. In this story, the mockingbird is symbolic of the innocents. All of these characters in some way are like mockingbirds. For the purpose of this essay, I’ve chosen the two most symbolic characters Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.…
Tom Robinson was a man who received no justice because of the color of his skin. Justice in and out of the courtroom is a playing theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. We learn that justice is not given to everyone because of the majority belief of prejudice in society. People are discriminated because of the color of their skin, their age, or the things they believe in. Tom, and Scout are all prime examples of this theme.…
Tom Robinson, he was shot 17 times for trying to escape. At the trial the judge did not think Tom was guilty, but that did not matter because it’s white over black. Calpurnia is the Finches house keeper, mother figure and disciplinarian in the house hold. Alexandra was not a fond of her. Cruelty was shown to her from Alexandra. Boo Radley, also known as Arthur, six-and-a-half feet tall. Talking about Boo gave the kids the thrill as telling a scary story around a campfire. The quote above touches on the idea that, without reason, humans are often unnecessarily cruel to one another…
The Tom Robinson trial is an important asset in To Kill a Mockingbird which emphasizes the racial injustices in court. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in Maycomb county and the father of the lead protagonist, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Atticus agreed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused…
Social inequity is an arising issue has been affecting billions of people around the world for centuries, and it needs more attention! Even innocent teenagers have been exposed to these types of prejudices. Of course, the effects of it are not good. Different kinds of literature are useful tools for shining a light on social injustice, and writers are taking advantage of this fact and writing many novels about social inequities. Authors have been writing articles and stories about racial, social, financial and gender inequities which reflect to today’s society to try and galvanize readers into action.…
Victims of the Holocaust, such as Elie Wiesel, were not protected under the law; they were treated with brute force. Gestapo and SS officers would beat and even kill them; the sole reason for what they did was simply that they could. This act shows that they did not respect the rights of the Jewish people because they were treated with lack of regard to their safety and/or well-being. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was not seen as an equal, nor was he treated without discrimination in the eyes of the law. He, as a black man, was seen as less than those who were white. Boo Radley was never charged with a crime, nor was he killed, but he was treated as an outsider. He was locked away in his house by his father for fifteen years for no real reason. Boo Radley’s father, many years later, filled a tree’s knothole with cement to prohibit Boo from putting objects inside for Jem and Scout to discover. Acts such as these, though they hold no criminal cognizance, caused Boo Radley to be treated as a prisoner inside his own home. No one within the law did anything to help him, and he was treated differently because of who his father…
Black people are victims of injustice, just like Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is a victim of injustice because even though he is innocent, he is found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell. The jury agrees and decides to make the black man guilty of the rape. “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: ‘Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty.’ I peeked at Jem, his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each “guilty” was a separate stab between them” (Lee 214). Atticus does his best to defend Tom, but it was not enough to win the trial. The jury may have chosen the Ewells to win because Tom Robinson was a negro. Tom Robinson was shot and killed in jail, while trying to escape because he should not have been there in the first…
One form of racial injustice in court was portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson, a colored man, was convicted of raping and beating a white woman without any evidence besides some lousy witnesses. As said by Atticus in the book, “But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing…” (Harper Lee 47). Without a doubt this is totally correct. We…