Class‚ Gender and Race. These three things can make a very powerful person or not so powerful person. In the novel‚ Atticus Finch‚ a white man is asked to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man. Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. The novel is set in the 1920’s and early 1930’s so it has been several years since the slavery has ended. Yet people at that time had been very racist and sexist. Everything at that time was still segregated‚ bathrooms‚ movie theaters‚ restaurants
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Lee‚ Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York City: Grand Central Publishing‚ 2003 To Kill a Mockingbird is a fiction novel that takes place in a small town in Alabama during the Depression‚ and is narrated by a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. She is a rowdy little girl that has strong opinions‚ loves her family‚ and likes to play outside. Scout tries to get her father to excuse her from school because of the teacher that she doesn’t like‚ Miss Caroline‚ who doesn’t know the usual Maycomb
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how‚ on the night of November 21‚ Bob Ewell urged him to go to the Ewell house and told him that his daughter Mayella had been raped. When Tate got there‚ he found Mayella bruised and beaten‚ and she told him that Tom Robinson had raped her. Atticus cross-examines the witness‚ who admits that no doctor was summoned‚ and tells Atticus that Mayella’s bruises were concentrated on the right side of her face. Tate leaves the stand‚ and Bob Ewell is called. Bob Ewell and his children live behind the town
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novel‚ Scout says‚ “Mr. Ewell was tryin’ to squeeze me to death‚ I reckon…then somebody yanked Mr. Ewell down (361).” Boo’s pure generosity in his heart causes him to save Jem and Scout from being killed by Mr.Ewell. Tom Robinson’s signs of generosity are displayed through his actions towards Mayella‚ Tom’s accuser. When Tom is asked if he is paid by Mayella for his services‚ he replies‚ “No suh‚ not after she offered me a nickel the first time. I was glad to do it‚ Mr. Ewell didn’t seem to help her
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they stand up and help others instead of walking on by. Tom Robinson shows he is a good and moral person in many ways. He is accused of a crime‚ that he did not commit. In fact‚ Tom Robinson is very hard-working and kind. Mayella‚ the daughter of a nasty and ruthless man‚ Bob Ewell‚ asks Tom continuously to help her
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meaning‚ that injustice is when people are not being fair. In the cases of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ The Scottsboro Boys and The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Injustice was a part of the verdict. In To kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In the Scottsboro boys case the nine boys that were found on the train were accused by the two women that they raped the two women. In the shirtwaist fire the women were suing the owners of the building because they locked the women in and there
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What does Scout learn about Maycomb and its inhabitants during the trial? Through witnessing the trial‚ Scout learns a lot about Maycomb and its inhabitants‚ particularly Bob Ewell‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson‚ Dolphus Raymond and her own father‚ Atticus. Bob Ewell is the villain of the ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and‚ as a result of the trial‚ he attempts to get revenge on Atticus and his family. However‚ in the trial itself he is depicted as a very unpleasant person‚ not only by his appearance
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To Kill a Mockingbird Study guide answers Chapters 1-3 1. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and the father of Jean Louise (Scout) and Jem Finch. Scout Finch is the narrator of the story. Jem is the brother of Jean Louise. Maycomb is the city and county where the story takes place. Calpurnia is the maid and nanny of the Finch kids. Dill is the kid that comes to Maycomb every summer and plays with the Finches. The Radley place it the house where the Radleys live. Stephanie Crawford knows everything about
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and Link Deas both stand up for Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ in court. In addition‚ Link Deas also helps Tom Robinson’s family. Finally‚ Tom Robinson challenged racial prejudice and discrimination when he ignores social boundaries in order to help Mayella‚ a white woman. Despite dominant social attitudes like racism and prejudice‚ characters such as Atticus Finch‚ Link Deas and Tom Robinson follow their personal beliefs and show kindness and humanity‚ demonstrating the importance of personal integrity
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defendant‚ Tom Robinson‚ during the time of extreme racism in Alabama. The case demonstrates how everyone has a little bit of villain within them‚ when this innocent man is accused of rape and framed for assault‚ by a father and daughter‚ Bob and Mayella‚ and as a result of people’s actions‚ it costs him his
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