English editorial 1. To kill A Mockingbird Critical Evaluation Jennifer McLaren ‘She was white‚ and she tempted a negro. She did something that our society is unspeakable: She kissed a black man ‘ These words from chapter 18 of the novel “To Kill Mockingbird” by Harper Lee; This quote shows just how racist and prejudiced the town Maycomb was. The society just cannot accept that a white woman likes a black man. The words illustrate a major theme in the novel that of the existence
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As an outsider looking in on this case the verdict is quite simple. Tom Robinson is innocent. As a reader‚ it is incredibly obvious Tom has done nothing wrong. The only action Tom has done wrong is feel bad for a white girl who turned on him‚ “I felt right sorry for her” (264). Unfortunately‚ we‚ the readers‚ are not the jury‚ we have no say in Tom’s fate‚ instead‚ we have to put faith in a jury who believe “all Negroes lie…all Negroes are basically immoral beings…all Negro men are not to be trusted
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Tom Robinson was innocent of raping Mayella Ewell. In the story it talks about how Mayella got punched in the eye with the left hand but Tom couldn’t have done it because his left hand is crippled. Reverend Sykes said‚ “He got it caught in the cotton gin‚ caught it i Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy...like to bled to death...tore all the muscles loose from his bones-”(186). This explains what happened to Tom’s hand and that he couldn’t have punched Mayella with his left hand because
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The Trial: I walked into the court room‚ and looked at the jury‚ they were all white‚ I knew that it would have to be a miracle to get the jury to come back with the verdict that Tom Robinson was innocent. But I had a plan. If the trial goes well‚ I will appeal against the verdict‚ and then the court case will go to another place‚ where the jury won’t be so biased against black people. The trial started and the first person who took the stand was the Sheriff‚ Mr Tate. The oppositions Lawyer‚ Mr
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shocking is the few amount of people that tell the truth and those who believe them. In this scene‚ Tom Robinson is put to the stand to hear his side of the story‚ and many of the details are quite different from Mayella Ewell’s testimony; moreover‚ many of the jurors and spectators were shocked at the new revelations in Tom’s testimony. Throughout the book there were comments made about the trial‚ and many people believed the Ewell’s without even bothering to hear the whole story. They were ignorant
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To kill A Mockingbird is an award-winning story narrated by the fictional character Jean Louise Finch also known as Scout. In the beginning of the book you learn about many people one of those is a family named the Ewells. They live by a dump that Tom Robinson has to pass by to get to work. Occasionally Tom would help Mayella Ewell with her daily chores. Tom Robinson is a very hard working and sympathetic black man. Tom Robinson helped her because he felt sorry for her. Later in the book Tom Robinson
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you are to blame completely based on the color of your skin. Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Since Tom is black and Mayella white‚ he is automatically convicted of that crime and sentenced to death. The authorities would take the word of Mayella over Tom any day. Scout and Jem are the children of Atticus Finch‚ the lawyer who is trying to defend Tom Robinson in the court. In the article‚ “There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa
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I remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee‚ 1988) in high school‚ but reading the story as an adult certainly changed my thoughts about the novel. I believe that Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Atticus were all mockingbirds. Boo Radley watched from the privacy of his house‚ and saw the destruction that had taken place within the community. Boo interacted with Scout and Jem in such a way to remain anonymous for years‚ and he protected their life without asking for anything in return. Earlier in Boo’s
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Journal #4 I am reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. So far this part of the book is the trial of Tom Robinson. He was accused of 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
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that you would have never thought that was there. This is just like prejudice‚ because you don’t think it’s anything special because you don’t take the time to realize that there’s another side to everything you see. Just like in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson wasn’t guilty but because he was a colored person the jury didn’t take the time to actually hear what he had to say. They had just assumed that he was guilty because he was a dark colored man and Mayella Ewell was a white lady. Because
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