one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress‚ rob and degrade them‚ neither persons nor property will be safe”. In the trial of Tom Robinson vs. Mayella Ewell in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Tom Robinson is a victim of injustice when he is falsely accused of raping Mayella. This can be compared to the Central Park Jogger case‚ in which five boys known as the Central Park Five are suspects because of their race and social status. This leads to their
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novel‚ and is shown through the children‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill. Jem‚ being oldest‚ and who has a sense of “maddening superiority” is shown going through the emotional trials that come with age and puberty. During the trial of Tom Robinson V.S Mayella Ewell‚ Mr. Raymond even made the comment that “only children weep”. Scout and Dill are shown going through the realization that the world is full of horrible things that no one can truly protect them from. This is shown through their changing opinion
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someone cannot speak up and say what truly happened. Can you‚ the jury‚ not see that the evidence given by Mr. Ewell‚ Ms. Mayella‚ and Mr. Heck Tate clearly does not match with Mr. Tom Robinson’s testimony? The accusations that have been made towards him are not possible‚ and they could not have been done by a person who only has the use of his right hand. I truly believe Ms. Mayella is a victim of poverty and ignorance. But my defendant is not guilty but someone in this courtroom is‚ and what
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show us things about characters from other characters. Mayella Ewell acted like a little kid when she was sitting up in front in the courthouse. She isn’t the one to blame for this though‚ it is her father’s fault. She has been inside her house for her whole life and she doesn’t know how to act in public. She has no experience and has no idea what to do. Her father has kept her from leaving the house her whole life. We shouldn’t assume that Mayella is acting this way because she is just immature and
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the case‚ she observes the way Mayella looks and acts when she gives her testimony. Scout remembers the red geraniums growing in the Ewell yard that
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Atticus after being accused or raping a white woman‚ Mayella Violet Ewell. This is an example of the theme Prejudice Inequality. For example on page 231 of To Kill a Mockingbird Mr. Ewell stood up‚ pointed at Tom Robinson‚ and shouted‚ “-I seen that black “n*****” yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” Prejudice Inequality is strongly shown during this part of the book. Mayella Violet Ewell‚ a 19-and-a-half-year-old and eldest daughter of Bob Ewell as well as Tom Robinson’s accuser. Foreshadowing of
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different cause‚ and it bites a different person each time. In the cases of Tom Robinson‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Arthur Radley in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ justice is applied differently each time. Tom Robinson doesn’t meet an equitable end‚ with a death sentence over his head from the start. Justice isn’t in his favor in the stained prejudiced eyes and hearts of the people of Maycomb County. Bob Ewell tries to manipulate justice his own way‚ since he doesn’t believe that the justice he wanted
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people in the community is evident through the treatment of the Cunninghams and the Ewells. The wealthy white people treat the poor whites with contempt. This is clear when Scout asks to spend more time with Walter Cunningham‚ a member of one of the poorest families in town. Aunt Alexandra refuses to let her niece interact with someone of such low status and forbids Scout to have him as her friend. Further‚ the Ewells have the lowest status of everyone in the town because they are poor; as a result
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both Atticus and Miss Maudie agree that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because in society mockingbirds bring happiness and they don’t cause harm. In this book there are characters that could be symbolized as mockingbirds such as Tom Robinson‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Boo Radley. These characters have been accused wrongly of things they have not done and they are all helpless in their own ways. Tom
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People Are Not Innocent Until Proven Guilty Some individuals say people are innocent until proven guilty. This is not the case for everybody. For example‚ in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there are two characters‚ Tom Robinson and Boo Radley who are thought of badly by some of the people because they are different than the norm. Due to the fact that Boo and Tom are different then the rest‚ people tend to jump to conclusions. They assume that they are guilty before they are proven guilty. Tom
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