if all the evidence proves Tom to be innocent‚ the jury would be in favor of the Ewells because they are white. Tom Robinson would help Mayella with chores because it “looked like she didn’t have anybody to help her” (263). Because of this‚ Tom felt sorry for her. However‚ his feelings were invalidated when Mr. Gilmer exclaims‚ “You felt sorry for her‚ you felt sorry for her?” When Tom said he was sorry for Mayella‚ it implied he was better than her. In Maycomb County‚ a county divided along racial
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is receiving punishment without doing anything harmful. Also‚ Atticus is another innocent person who is hurt . Bob Ewell tries to get revenge by hurting his children. Atticus did not do anything harmful but tell everybody the truth about Bob Ewell’s offence. One more example is Tom Robinson. He is accused by Bob Ewell for raping his daughter‚ Mayella‚ but Tom only wanted to help Mayella for he feels sorry for her. In general‚ Scout learns it is a sin to hurt innocent people. Additionally‚ Scout
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covered her with the blanket when Miss Maudie’s house was on fire‚ Scout realized that Boo wasn’t as bad as the town gossip made him out to be. Her realization was strengthened when she found out that it was Boo Radley who had saved her and Jem from Bob Ewell. Once Scout had escorted him home‚ making
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Scout Finch: A Complex Character in To Kill a Mockingbird Lisa Tran ENG1D1d Mr. Huggett Monday. November. 30/2009 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee contains many interesting characters. One of these is Scout Finch. She is aggressive but also sympathetic and courageous. Scout is quite aggressive. During Christmas time‚ Uncle Jack Finch‚ Aunt Alexandra and Francis Hancock visited Scout and
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give them two different identities. For example‚ Katniss Everdeen has two identities‚ one is how she acts in public. Katniss comes off as strong to the public but in private she is not. Through Harper Lee’s character’s Boo Radley‚ Atticus‚ and Bob Ewell readers learn that it is necessary to develop a public and private self in To Kill A Mockingbird. For Boo Radley it is very important for him to have a private and public identity. Not many people have ever seen him but they have heard stories of him
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a mockingbird. These 4 people are Tom Robinson‚ Boo Radley and Jem and Scout Finch. Tom Robinson is a mockingbird in the novel because he is an innocent man and who is vulnerable to the prejudice of the community. This is because he helps Mayella Ewell out of the goodness of his heart and asks for nothing in return because he is a loving man who means no harm to anyone‚ but is shortly killed after the trial due to the members of the racist community saying he is guilty for the reason of him having
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children. Father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ Atticus Finch‚ plays the loving‚ caring and intelligent single parent‚ he is struggling to keep his family together. He is an example of how parents can have a positive influence on their children. Bob Ewell‚ father of Mayella Ewell‚ is the drunken‚ abusive‚ and careless father‚ Bob is also a single parent. He is an example of how a parent can be a negative influence on their children’s lives. Both fathers are very influential on the mental growth of their children
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Atticus when explaining to Scout about having integrity with one’s self‚ “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” Tom Robinson‚ was accused of raping Ms. Mayella Ewell‚ and it was noticeable that the so called witness was indeed the one that actually raped and beat Mayella Ewell. To people’s surprise‚ the case was longer than it was expected to be. “Indoors‚ when Miss Maudie wanted to say something lengthy she spread her fingers on her knees and settled her bridgework
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courage can prevail. Tom Robinson‚ a character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ symbolizes the innocence of a mockingbird. Tom Robinson proved his innocence in the court case‚ where he was being charged with rape. He shows everyone that he didn’t hurt Mayella. In fact‚ he was quite the opposite. Tom Robinson was very polite and respectful to her. “I was just trying to help her
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attempted to hurt her for vengeance for their father’s attempts to prove him wrong. Bob’s hurtful words about Tom shows his efforts to be racist about Tom and the black community. Bob proclaimed‚ “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!” Bob Ewell says this in a way that does not need to be said. First of all‚ he does not use Tom’s name which shows how he does not even treat Tom as a person. Beyond this‚ he stresses Tom’s race as an African American as if it has anything to do of who
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