“To Kill a Mockingbird” What is a hero? When one thinks of a modern day hero one typically thinks of a character with extreme muscles who is constantly helping others. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ a modern day hero is Atticus. Although he is not physically built‚ he exemplifies the qualities of a hero. During the Great Depression Scout‚ Jem‚ Atticus‚ and their housemaid Calpurnia‚ experience the extent of racism in Maycomb County. Tom Robinson is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter
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Chapters 1-3: 1. Identify Atticus Finch‚ Jean Louise (Scout) Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Maycomb‚ Calpurnia‚ Charles Baker (Dill) Harris‚ The Radley Place‚ Stephanie Crawford‚ Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ Miss Caroline Fisher‚ Walter Cunningham‚ and Burris Ewell. -Scout- Scout is the Narrator of the story. In the beginning she is going into the first grade‚ though‚ for her age she is extremely smart. Throughout the book you begin to realize that Scout speaks her mind‚ and isn’t timid. She is
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Justice in To Kill a Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee justice is shown as unfair to many people. In the book a black man Tom Robinson is accused of rapping a girl named Mayella Ewell‚ and he was sent to trial. Atticus was assigned to the Tom Robinson case but Tom was accused guilty‚ Tom was later killed trying to escape. Mayella’s dad Bob was angry that the whole town accused him of putting Tom in jail‚ then Bob went after Atticus’s kids trying to get back at Atticus. The rumors
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man accused of raping Mayella‚ the daughter of Bob Ewell. The Ewell’s are viewed as the poorest people in town. During the trial Atticus portrays convincing evidence in a professional manner. He ends up losing the trial which‚ from the beginning‚ Atticus knew what was to happen. Atticus realized that “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed”(205). Atticus shows that he understand the inequality of race because he knew that just because Mayella accused Tom‚ he would
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TKAM Chapters 17-21-The Trial 1.Why is Bob Ewell so repulsive? How does Lee ensure our dislike? * Lee describes him as a ‘little bantam cock of a man’- bad view of him * Says that he ‘strutted to the stand’- cockiness when his daughter is at court for being raped * Said the ‘back of his neck reddening at the sound his name’- referring to him as a redneck (ill-educated person) * She describes disgusting way in which his family had to live ‘lived behind town in a garbage dump’
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man‚ was accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. During the time in which the book took place‚ blacks were considered as being very inferior to the whites. They had just came out of slavery a little less than a century ago‚ and the economy was all but booming. In the justice system‚ a black person’s word was merely ignored‚ while a white person’s word was held to a much higher degree. As Atticus would later explain‚ “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed
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Ever wondered what Atticus was actually like? Atticus Finch is the father of the main character Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus is a very honest character who teaches Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill a lot of lessons about life and one of them is who people think that Blacks are lesser people‚ which is not true at all. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is courageous‚ wise‚ and accepting. Throughout TKAM‚ Atticus is very
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experiences this in a court case with her dad defending a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused for raping Mayella Ewell the daughter of Bob Ewell. Mr. Atticus had very good reasons on why Tom should not be accused of rape and everyone in the court including the jury and judge were sure that he would win but at the end of the case the jury decided that Tom is the one who raped Mayella just because he of his skin colour. The reverend knew this would happen when he said‚ “… I ain’t ever seen a jury
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Bob Ewell‚ beat her (Lee 187). When I cross-examined Mayella‚ I tried to get her to admit to this‚ but she still insisted that Tom Robinson raped her (Lee 187-188). If a person would look at the evidence on hand‚ they would know that this was not the case. First of all‚ Tom’s left arm was crippled from being caught in a cotton gin (Lee 186). Considering the fact that she was bruised and beat on the right side of the face‚ this was not possibly an action from Tom. However‚ Bob Ewell was left
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cost Tom Robinson his life. Tom‚ a black man‚ was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In the court hearing‚ it seems that Tom was innocent because the person who beat Mayella had led primarily with his left hand‚ and Tom’s left hand was crippled. Even though there was no sufficient evidence that Tom tried to rape Mayella‚ the jury convicted him. The jury sentenced Tom simply because it was his word against a white woman’s word. Mayella broke a time-honored code‚ she tempted a black man‚ and to restore
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