teaches us how awful racism was not just during the past but during the Great Depression. The way we as readers experience racism is during the summer when Atticus Finch is called to support Tom Robinson in a case because he was accused of raping Mayella Ewell and he is later found guilty because he’s black and it is during the 1930’s the Great Depression; “In our courts‚ when It’s a white man’s word against a black man’s‚ the white man always wins”(251-252). This quote shows that Atticus is unhappy
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Question Packet. KEY Answers are to be written in complete sentences and in present tense. (Page numbers: First number is for the new publication of the novel; the second number is for the older publications of the novel). Chapter 1 01. Why is Dill a curiosity? (12;7) His shirt buttons to his shirt; his hair is snow white; he has seen a movie‚ Dracula‚ which he retells to Jem and Scout. 02. Where is Dill’s father? (12;7) He does not have one. His mother‚ it is learned
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wrongly accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. When they go to trial Tom is automatically a victim of injustice when they find him guilty of rape just because he is black (Normney 5). om Robinson’s trial‚ and in fact his entire life‚ was badly affected by racism. It is truly a testament to the corruption of society when a person who has earned a bad reputation is held in higher esteem than a person who was born with it‚ as is the case with Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson. Even though Tom was obviously
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Paragraph One In the story‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there is a town called Maycomb‚ that experiences racial prejudice‚ I know this because of what some of the characters say or experience. An example‚ is that Atticus’s children are bullied by townsfolk‚ because their father is a known lawyer for the black community. “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for‚” said Mrs.Dubose. (Lee 135) This shows that even associating and/or working with black people in Maycomb county makes
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attending “nigger church;” it is also shown that blacks tended to not be as educated as whites‚ as shown when Scout called Calpurnia’s diction “nigger-talk.” Tom Robinson also received this racist treatment‚ which is demonstrated during the trial when Mayella Ewell recounted her referring to him as “nigger‚”
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The Similarities of Till and Robinson In Harper Lee’s story of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout tells of her real life happenings. Scout tells a story of a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who people accuse of raping Mayella Ewell. Not only Tom receives accusations‚ but another case reveals that Emmett Till continues touching a woman’s hand and saying provocative things to her. The people accuse Tom and Emmett of similar things and the jury proclaims them guilty as a result of them possessing black features
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treat them with respect. 5. Why doesn‘t the church have hymn books? They can’t afford them. 6. Why is the church collecting ten dollars? Tom Robinson’s wife. 7. Of what is Tom Robinson accused? Why won‘t anyone hire his wife? Rape of Maybella Ewell‚ because she is the married to Tom 8. Who is Zeebo? What does he do at the church? The garbage man‚ related to Calpurnia‚ he leads them in song. 9. How does Scout feel Calpurnia is different at her own church? She doesn’t talk proper she speaks
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She focuses on one character exclusively as the story goes along and his name is Bob Ewell. Every reader knows the nasty name‚ "It’s against the law‚ all right ... and it’s certainly bad‚ but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don’t know of any landowner around here
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Chapter 12 1. Jem is now 12. There is a widening gap of understanding between Scout and Jem. Find two or three examples which illustrate the emotional distance between them. Before‚ Jem would always be Scout’s playmate but now he tells her to “stop pestering him” and that she should start “bein’ a girl and acting right”. Jem now likes to be kept alone and feels as if Scout is a lot more childish than he had realized. 2. How do you explain Lula’s antagonism toward Jem and Scout? Lula feels as if
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rape by Mayella Ewell and was found guilty. The testimonies everyone had evidence that Tom was innocent‚ but a jury of all white people did not favor a Black over a White. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. Predict: I think Tom will be innocent G- I predict that Tom will be innocent Y- Mr.Ewell might have beat up Mayella R- The person who attacked her was left-handed R- Mr.Ewell did not call a doctor Y- Tom is too kind to have done it R- He helped Mayella many times
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