1930s was a very difficult time for people of color‚ especially black men. Rape was a capital offense back then‚ but Mayella Ewell didn’t let that stop her from crying rape. “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (Lee 323). Mayella made the mistake of falling in love with Tom Robinson. To protect her from being looked at poorly from society‚ Mayella and her father accused Tom of raping her. A black man and a white woman was not to have any sort of romantic relationship
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about‚ ‘how successful of a father is Atticus’. In the novel Atticus Finch is shown to be a good father and a good role model to his children. Maycomb has different people living there with a lot of different views to how to raise children. Like Bob Ewell thinks that children do not need education and family come first‚ so he keeps them at home and does not let them go school. While there Aunt Alexandra thinks that children should be brought up traditionally‚ for example girls play with dolls and boys
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Thursday‚ February 28‚ 2013 A One Dimensional Representation of African-Americans From the beginning of human existence‚ people have always been discriminative towards one another solely based on race. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in the 1960’s‚ though the setting is based in the 1930’s.The novel challenges the false idea of the stereotypical African-American human being‚ as was typical in the 1930’s. It has been said that this novel portrays African-Americans as submissive
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small town‚ Atticus is a lawyer who has been appointed by the courts to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of raping a white girl named Mayella. It becomes obvious during Tom’s
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Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed."(Scout Finch) Mayella is a lonely 19 year old girl who is extremely segregated from society due to her class. Uneducated about intimacy and relationships‚ she tries to seduce a black man‚ abruptly kissing him without consent. From the window Mayella’s father (Bob Ewell) witnesses the event. Ashamed of his daughter and concerned for his pride‚ Bob Ewell seeks out the authorities and covers his daughter’s
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people that did things they were not supposed to. In the real world there was a lot of things to worry about like taking care of a family and “making ends meet”. In the novel the protagonist family is not impoverished‚ but other families like the Ewells have to live by the dump and their yard is starting to blend in with the dump. In the fact‚ Lee lived through the Great Depression‚ which shows that as a writer it is much stronger and connects with the reader a lot more. In the story there were
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up peoples gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90). This quote exemplifies one of the most important themes of this work as Miss.Maudie touches on the idea that‚ without reason‚ humans are often unnecessarily cruel to one another. Tom Robinson‚ he was shot 17 times for trying to escape. At the trial the judge did
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case. Jem cries due to the fact that Atticus had real evidence‚ yet the jury chose to be biased and voted an innocent man guilty‚ only because they had relationships with the Ewells. Dill cries because of how mistreated Mr. Robinson is‚ only because of his skin. He finds this unfair on how the opposing lawyer treats the Ewells with respect since they are white‚ but not Robinson since he is black. Lastly‚ Boo Radley shows a great amount of innocence in the beginning and the ending of the book. Though
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never gave up one Tom and knew that he wasn’t guilty of a crime he couldn’t possibly commit. He handled the after effects calmly by not responding to Mr. Ewell who spit in his face and instead said‚ “so if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating‚ that’s something I’ll gladly take”.(pg. 292-293) Even after Mr. Ewell tries to kill Jem and Scout‚ Atticus is still there to teach them about humanity saying that‚ “most people are Scout‚ when you finally see them‚” responding
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Person | Symbol | Explanation | Bob Ewell | | Bob Ewell is represented by a stick of dynamite because he is always potentially dangerous and he can at any time explode and hurt someone. | Dolphus Raymond | | The paper bags had coke bottles in them but Mr. Raymond led to believe they were full of whiskey so he can keep his lifestyle with the black people. | Calpurnia | | A Bible represents Cal because she brought Jem and Scout to First purchase and because she taught Scout to write out of
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