Examples Of Atticus In To Kill A Mockingbird
One allusion that atticus used effectively was"all men are created equal"Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York, Scribner Laidlaw, 1989. Atticus says this Allusion to show the hostile jury that all men should be treated equally. To discourage the juries racism or biasty around the case. "Our courts have their faults as does any human institution, but in this country, our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal"Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York, Scribner Laidlaw, 1989 (Pg. 226-227). He uses another allusion to to help expand on the theme of people being discriminating against black people to show that being racially prejudice is wrong, especially when dealing with the
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Atticus could have described Tom as a simple negro who felt sorry for a white woman but instead decides to describe Tom as “quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman…” Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York, Scribner Laidlaw, 1989. He uses this form of speech because he tries to make the jury see things in his point of view and to appeal themselves to their high moral value. While atticus has a calm and soft tone he then shifts his tone to show his sympathy for mayella. Basically he went from a logos kind of tone to a more pathos tone. The reason he shifted his tone was to create a healthy balance of facts and emotion for creating a more convincing argument for the jury. Atticus said, "To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white," Atticus is explaining that this case isn't about the fact that Mr. Ewells's daughter got rapped and beaten (apparently by her father), but mostly because Tom is black and she's white, so mostly white people would believe her because they hate the Negroes, and Atticus is trying to defend his
Atticus could have described Tom as a simple negro who felt sorry for a white woman but instead decides to describe Tom as “quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman…” Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird: Harper Lee. New York, Scribner Laidlaw, 1989. He uses this form of speech because he tries to make the jury see things in his point of view and to appeal themselves to their high moral value. While atticus has a calm and soft tone he then shifts his tone to show his sympathy for mayella. Basically he went from a logos kind of tone to a more pathos tone. The reason he shifted his tone was to create a healthy balance of facts and emotion for creating a more convincing argument for the jury. Atticus said, "To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white," Atticus is explaining that this case isn't about the fact that Mr. Ewells's daughter got rapped and beaten (apparently by her father), but mostly because Tom is black and she's white, so mostly white people would believe her because they hate the Negroes, and Atticus is trying to defend his