main character‚ 6 year old Scout Finch. The setting of the novel is a small town in Alabama in the 1930s. Scout’s father‚ Atticus‚ was a lawyer who defended a young black man named Tom Robinson who was accused of raping a young white girl named Mayella Ewell. The novel is also about the relationship between Scout‚ Jem who is Scout’s brother‚ and their friend‚ Dill. They believe that Boo Radley‚ a neighbor boy who never comes outside to play‚ is insane. The title of the story is symbolic of the goodness
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Gentlemen of the court‚ an innocent man’s life‚ family‚ friends and future is at stake! No matter the race would you‚ a fine person want a faultless man to be killed? Tom Robinson is that man‚ and he has been accused by Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella of rape and abused towards the latter. Tom‚ the innocent man man that he is was accused of rape on the 21st of November. Even from the day that Tom was born‚ his parents always taught him to be respectful. When Tom was walking past Mayella’s house
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rape of Mayella Ewell. It’s patently obvious the defendant didn’t do it. Through the eyes and ears of young Jem and Scout we can see how racism affected lives in Alabama in the 1930’sJem and Scout and their friend Dill are fascinated by their neighbour “Boo Radley” whom only a few people have seen over the years. The children fill their heads up of why he keeps himself hidden. When Atticus goes to court and humiliates Bob Ewell who is the father of the alleged rape “victim” Mayella Ewell‚ and he
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was the " white trash.² The Ewells‚ who lived at the dump and relied on welfare for survival‚ were members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between the second and third class was not a financial one. Both were "poor.² The difference‚ however‚ was in the way they interacted in society. The Cunninghams‚ unlike the Ewells‚ refused to accept charity and they paid their debts with what little they had. The Cunninghams were also different from the Ewells because they didn’t take
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Tom Robinson is the man that is accused of raping Mayella but is falsely accused by bob Ewell. Mayella is the women that is accused of being raped by tom Robinson but was truly just beat by her father the main plot is about Atticus defending this black man who was falsely accused of raping women by the name of maella Ewell who was truly beat by her father bob Ewell. Atticus is trying everything he can to save this man but everyone at this time believes the
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of the Ewell’s day-to-day life as he revealed genuine depth in this case more than the crime of rape itself. The home life of lonesome Mayella and her drunken abusive father‚ in addition to their all around poor circumstances‚ were tribulations that she had to deal with everyday. Feelings of unrest hindered me from resting my eyes and wind blew in my stomach. Mayella often saw Tom and asked him to do tasks for her… I guess that’s the closest thing she had to a friendship. It is profound how one companion
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Mockingbirds in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be
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stating the key points that should be considered and effectively proving Tom’s innocence. Atticus did a good job of summarizing all of the evidence from the trial. Atticus stated that Tom has been charged wrongly as there was no medical evidence of Mayella Ewell that night; it’s found very strong that
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Mockingbird‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ uses Atticus to teach the reader a lesson. One of these lessons is that ‘most people are finally good when you finally see them’. The characters that the book focuses on with regards to this lesson are Bob Ewell‚ Mayella Ewell and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus keeps telling the children to look at other people as if they were in their shoes‚ which can mean that he wants the children to realize that people in general want to do good in the world. Even if they are doing
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a Mockingbird is that a black man named Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman named mayella. Because of mayella’s gender and social class she is downgraded by the community‚ but her race will give her power. Although mayella lacks power because of her social class because she is poor and has little education if any. (Doc A)“We’ll convict the negro get back to your dump”‚ They degrade mayella because she lives in and old negro cabin behind the trash dump.(DocE) “White people did not want
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