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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the nearest train station. Thinking that the little fight was going to be no big deal‚ that wasn’t the only thing they were going to get in trouble for. “The assault charges they faced quickly grew much more serious when two female rail-riders‚ Ruby Bates and Victoria Price‚ accused the black youths of raping them” (“Scottsboro Boys” Encyclopedia). When the girls were questioned by the police‚ they claimed that the boys had raped them‚ which was the most serious offense imaginable during the time
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Race Relations Race relations have been happening for many years. Race relations is the difference in how people treat different races or religions in a community. Racism is not only present between the African-Americans and Caucasians‚ but it is also present between many other races and even religions. If you are not white‚ there is a chance that you will run into racism sometime in your life. Racism happens every day and most often is very hostile. We seem to overlook racism
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violence is represented in the written works‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and “The Dark Brown Dog.” First‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the close-knit county of Maycomb is swayed by a court case in which Tom Robinson was falsely accused of raping a girl named Mayella Ewell. In fact‚ Tom Robinson is wrongly accused of rape solely because he is a man of color‚ indicating that he is facing racial discrimination. Furthermore‚ Scout’s father‚ Atticus Finch‚ decides to defend and associate with Tom Robinson so he can have
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There are many similarities between the Scottsboro trial and the trial of Tom Robinson in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. “No crime in American history—let alone a crime that never occurred—produced as many trials‚ convictions‚ reversals‚ and retrials as did an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a Southern railroad freight run on March 25‚ 1931” (Linder 1). The author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ was a young girl during the Scottsboro trial and based the
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Guilty For Rape Tom Robinson‚ a Negro man‚ was accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old and the daughter of Bob Ewell. The court case took place at the Maycomb County courthouse‚ and a huge crowd of people‚ both white and blacks came to watch the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defending lawyer was Atticus Finch. The case was directed by Judge Taylor. The result of the trail ended in favor of the pretender‚ the Ewell family. The crime took place on the evening of November 21st of
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similarities despite one of the trials being mainly a focal point for achievement in the literary world. An identical example between these trials are the historical culture in abundance with many of the families included in the trial‚ an example being the Ewells compare to be utterly consistent with the two young prosecutors in the way they live their life. Another of these many similarities includes the bizarre assumption by the jury that the accused were already virtually guilty before the trial had even
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Robinson who had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson has been charged for rape. The court case took place at the Maycomb County Courthouse and enormous crowd of people‚ both white and blacks‚ turned up to observe the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defence laywer was Atticus Finch. The case was presided over by Judge Taylor and a hand-picked jury. The result of the trial ended in favors of the plaintiffs‚ the Ewell family. The rape took place on
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taken advantage of by Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell has falsely accused Tom of raping her‚due to the fact that he is a black man and she is a white woman.Whites are not to be associated with blacks during the 30’s‚ Firstly‚ the evidence building against Tom Robinson does not match the testimony received from the witness’ .Tom robinson lost all use of his left‚ when all of his muscles got torn in a cotton gin. Sheriff Heck Tate stated in his testimony that Mayella was beaten up on her right
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A mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world more pleasant by doing nothing but sing to us and doing no harm to anyone. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird symbolizes Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Scout and Jem‚ and Mayella Ewell‚ who were all peaceful people who never did any harm. To kill or harm them would be a sin. Scout’s father‚ Atticus‚ tells Scout and Jem‚ "I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard‚ but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays
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