Paragraph One In the story‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there is a town called Maycomb‚ that experiences racial prejudice‚ I know this because of what some of the characters say or experience. An example‚ is that Atticus’s children are bullied by townsfolk‚ because their father is a known lawyer for the black community. “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for‚” said Mrs.Dubose. (Lee 135) This shows that even associating and/or working with black people in Maycomb county makes
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attending “nigger church;” it is also shown that blacks tended to not be as educated as whites‚ as shown when Scout called Calpurnia’s diction “nigger-talk.” Tom Robinson also received this racist treatment‚ which is demonstrated during the trial when Mayella Ewell recounted her referring to him as “nigger‚”
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The Similarities of Till and Robinson In Harper Lee’s story of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout tells of her real life happenings. Scout tells a story of a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who people accuse of raping Mayella Ewell. Not only Tom receives accusations‚ but another case reveals that Emmett Till continues touching a woman’s hand and saying provocative things to her. The people accuse Tom and Emmett of similar things and the jury proclaims them guilty as a result of them possessing black features
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treat them with respect. 5. Why doesn‘t the church have hymn books? They can’t afford them. 6. Why is the church collecting ten dollars? Tom Robinson’s wife. 7. Of what is Tom Robinson accused? Why won‘t anyone hire his wife? Rape of Maybella Ewell‚ because she is the married to Tom 8. Who is Zeebo? What does he do at the church? The garbage man‚ related to Calpurnia‚ he leads them in song. 9. How does Scout feel Calpurnia is different at her own church? She doesn’t talk proper she speaks
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She focuses on one character exclusively as the story goes along and his name is Bob Ewell. Every reader knows the nasty name‚ "It’s against the law‚ all right ... and it’s certainly bad‚ but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don’t know of any landowner around here
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Chapter 12 1. Jem is now 12. There is a widening gap of understanding between Scout and Jem. Find two or three examples which illustrate the emotional distance between them. Before‚ Jem would always be Scout’s playmate but now he tells her to “stop pestering him” and that she should start “bein’ a girl and acting right”. Jem now likes to be kept alone and feels as if Scout is a lot more childish than he had realized. 2. How do you explain Lula’s antagonism toward Jem and Scout? Lula feels as if
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rape by Mayella Ewell and was found guilty. The testimonies everyone had evidence that Tom was innocent‚ but a jury of all white people did not favor a Black over a White. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. Predict: I think Tom will be innocent G- I predict that Tom will be innocent Y- Mr.Ewell might have beat up Mayella R- The person who attacked her was left-handed R- Mr.Ewell did not call a doctor Y- Tom is too kind to have done it R- He helped Mayella many times
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interactions with Dolphus Raymond‚ Tom Robinson and his trial‚ and the Ewells. The way that the white population of
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space in the novel because it gives Harper Lee a chance to do an in-depth exploration of characters and situations. The people involved in the case are Bob and Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. The alleged rape of Mayella by Tom allows Harper Lee to look in detail at issues of racial and social prejudice in Maycomb. Bob Ewell is the villain of the novel and‚ as a result of the trial‚ he tries to get revenge on Atticus and his family. In the trial itself he is revealed as a very
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The Tom Robinson case in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows unfairness and inequality in colored people compared to whites. Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Evidence clearly shows that Tom did not commit rape‚ but the jury still found him guilty according to his skin color. Tom now has to face his life in misery‚ knowing that he didn’t do anything wrong. The Declaration of Independence and Tom’s inspiring lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ both say that
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