was typical for them. Scouts difficulty in growing up has to do with all the prejudice she is surrounded by. Her innocence is exposed to the hatred against people of other races such as Tom Robinson‚ an African American man accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Seeing the juror’s bias opinion on Tom shows Scout the evilness in her society. Scouts upbringing is influenced by her older brother Jem‚ who portrays girl things negatively‚ which causes Scout to avoid acting like society’s idea
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novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird stereotypes are used frequently with how different families act‚ and also how different races appear to others. In the book stereotypes are important when Harper Lee makes the Ewells portray the stereotype for “white trash”. During the trial for the raping of Mayella Ewell this becomes very clear when she writes‚ “ No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects‚ various worms‚ and the diseases
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Mayella Ewell‚ a young girl with a not so good home life‚ made up a story of Tom raping her when she was vulnerable‚ to cover up her father’s mistakes‚ but also her own. Atticus was set to defend the black man and did everything he could to reclaim his innocence: “Atticus has used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson‚ but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no other case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed”
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townspeople. In Atticus’ eyes everybody is equal and should be treated the same way. Atticus has a different part of mind when it comes to others like the lower people in the community are just as equal as the higher people in the community too. And Bob Ewell is an example of the people who disrespect whoever is lower than him or even the blacks. Bob is the man who charged Tom Robinson for rape which wasn’t actually Tom in the end but since he was an african american they sent him to
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prejudice‚ childish innocence‚ and Boo Radley. Tom Robinson is a kind‚ gentle man who‚ like the mockingbird‚ has never hurt anyone and only wanted to help Mayella Ewell because he felt sorry for her‚ and what she had to go through. But the fact that he was black overshadowed his good character‚ he was incarcerated‚ and dead the minute Mayella Ewell cried out‚ falsely‚ that he raped her. His arrest‚ and subsequent death‚ was likened to killing an innocent animal. "Mr. Underwood simply figured it was
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regardless of their principles and values. The Ewell family is headed by a disorderly and drunk father. The many children in the family were all unwashed and unclean. Even though this family was seen as lower class in the eyes of society‚ they were still seen as better people than Negroes. The Ewell family is a great example of the automatic dominance and authority you gain over Native Americans for being white. “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.” (p. 266). This
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at the Ewell’s house to help Mayella Ewell with chores. One day‚ Mayella kisses him‚ but her father viciously accuses Tom of rape when in reality‚ Tom does nothing to harm anyone at all. During the trial when Tom is being asked questions he admits: “[Mayella] [l]ooked like she didn’t have nobody to help her [... ‚] I felt right sorry for her [Mayella]‚ she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em-.” (Lee 264) Because of his innocence‚ Tom sees the difficult life that Mayella lives‚ and he helps her do
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they want. The belief that racism exists is seen from many different ways throughout the book. An example of this would be when Scout joins the missionary group and she says “Excuse me‚ Mrs. Merriweather‚ I interrupted‚ ‘are you talking about Mayella Ewell? ‘May-? ‘No child‚ that’s darky’s wife‚ Robinson ma’am. “ (244) Not only calling
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done to cry about” – Dill looking into courtroom “There’s a whole lot of men sitting together on one side and one of them keeps pointing at the coloured man” division between Atticus & Richardson and others Mr. Ewell – “I’m real sorry they picked you to defend the nigger that raped my Mayella… I don’t know why I didn’t kill him myself instead of going to the sheriff” “Somebody told me just now that uh… that they thought you believed Tom Robinson’s story against ours” “You know what I said? I said you
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deserves is punishment. Poetic justice is a big literary element in To Kill a Mockingbird. It really balances out the ending of the novel In the book Bob Ewell is the town drunk. He is the one of the poorest persons in Maycomb. He is racist and prejudice against colored people. He beat up his daughter savagely because she kissed a black man. Then‚ Bob Ewell accused Tom Robinson a black man of raping his daughter. This was taking to trial and Atticus Finch was the defense attorney for Tom Robinson. The trial
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