after the trial. As she’s reading Mr. Underwood’s editorial‚ she understands that “Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson‚ but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (Lee 323). This clearly shows that despite Tom’s innocence and Atticus’ ability to defend him‚ Tom Robinson never would have had an opportunity of winning the court case because of his estrangement. The beliefs and
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American history has changed in many ways‚ whether it’s from civil rights to daily American life. The court system has also changed in many ways‚ one of which being racism. Two trials in particular are the Emmett Till case and a fictional case‚ which is the Tom Robinson case from Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Both men are similar because they were both being accused of sexual transgression and both were also victims of excessive violence. Both Emmett and Tom were African Americans who
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frustration is often too nebulous to be identified or too powerful to act against” (Parillo 583). His view is also seen in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ when Mayella Ewell claims Tom Robinson has raped her. Atticus tries to prove to the jury that Tom Robinson in fact did not rape Mayella and that she‚ a white woman‚ kissed Tom‚ a black man. Mayella is an Ewell; a very poor family in the town of Maycomb and therefore she has to live through tough conditions which include living behind the garbage dump‚ barely
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a time in which the cries were not quite loud enough. Atticus Finch‚ a well-known and widely respected lawyer‚ was obligated to undertake the difficult duty of defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ against the word of two white people‚ Bob and Mayella Ewell. He was known to never give up and was credited to be a very good lawyer with a different approach to almost everything. Many times throughout the pre-trial period‚ Atticus wanted to give up and leave the hole he was digging to somebody else‚ but
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understanding. Viewing the story with Scout as the narrator‚ we gain compassion for those different then us‚ such as the Ewells. During the trial‚ Scout comes to the realization that “Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.” (191) When Scout says this‚ she opens up a different way for us to look at the situation. Instead of us seeing it simply as the Ewells framing Tom‚ and having our feelings toward it be one sided‚ this allows
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In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is the definition of a non-discriminatory and rebellious person‚ who single-handedly allows for Harper Lee’s purpose to be revealed. Atticus Finch violates the law of his community by believing that everyone is equal in life. This societal law is also defied by Atticus in treating an African American as a white person. Atticus also differs from the rest of his society by not conforming to accepted beliefs‚ even if his life and reputation would disappear. Atticus
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question of justice is answered blatantly‚ no; it was not served for the person‚ Thomas Robinson‚ the young man being wrongly accused of rape‚ convicted and eventually killed. In the aftermath of events following Thomas’s conviction‚ his accuser‚ Bob Ewell was killed and the reader
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versions as a Good Samaritan when. First‚ he put a blanket around Scout when Miss Maudie’s house burned down‚ and second‚ when he saved Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell. Another similarity is the stories of the witnesses during Tom Robinson’s trial. In both versions‚ the Ewells maintained that Tom had beaten and raped Mayella‚ while Tom said that Mayella tried to take advantage of him. Another similarity is Tom’s crippled left hand. In the book and the film‚ he got it cut off in a cotton gin when he was thirteen
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BOOK REPORT To Kill a Mocking Bird To Kill a Mocking Bird is written by the author Harper Lee‚ and is about growing up. The main character is a girl named Scout Finch‚ who is about to turn six when the book begins‚ and eight when it ends. During the two years‚ she learns many things about people‚ and about life. Scout Finch lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus. The story takes place from 1933-1935 in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Atticus works as a lawyer‚ however
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Maudie¡¯s fire ( ). But the children still thought suspiciously about Boo Radley and were scared of him after all the nice things he had done for the children. Finally on the Halloween night that Bob Ewell tried to hurt the Finch children on the way back from a party‚ Boo Radley kills Bob Ewell and saves Jem and Scout ( ). Children then realize what kind of a person Boo Radley really was: A good person just does not want to get out of house. Boo was a mockingbird that did no harm to
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