many innocent black people. Some of these people may have not been tried‚ and they may have been lynched before they got the chance. Today‚ all trials are judged fairly‚ and all courtroom roles can be of whatever race. The influence upon Harper Lee to write her novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ was based on real life events. These include the Scottsboro Trials‚ expectations upon women in the South‚ and Jim Crow Laws. The first real world event that motivated Lee to write her novel is the Scottsboro
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future is at stake! No matter the race would you‚ a fine person want a faultless man to be killed? Tom Robinson is that man‚ and he has been accused by Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella of rape and abused towards the latter. Tom‚ the innocent man man that he is was accused of rape on the 21st of November. Even from the day that Tom was born‚ his parents always taught him to be respectful. When Tom was walking past Mayella’s house and she asked for help‚ his polite and respectful self helped her
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Tom vs Atticus In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” racism is a common thread in the community and is never more apparent than in this chapter. Tom Robinson is subjected to an unfair disadvantage throughout this novel‚ from the mob that comes after him at the Maycomb county jail to the results of his trial. Atticus states in chapter 10‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird‚” this comes back into play as Tom’s innocence is constantly ignored because of his skin color. Tom Robinson may be the
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of To Kill A Mockingbird led the plot from the last five chapters to the climax‚ the falling action‚ and the ending well because it continued from the night at the jail before the Tom Robinson trial‚ the trial itself and the aftermath of it. In this set of chapters‚ Jem and Scout were in situations that were risky‚ such as going to the trial. In this portion of the text‚ Scout is shown to be more exposed to the harsh world than she was in previous chapters. For example‚ she goes to the trial and sees
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Purpose To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that focuses on discrimination. The County of Maycomb believes that white people are superior in everyway. Lee uses the trial to emphasize the severity of the Maycomb viewpoint. She uses it to show the readers instead of just telling them. It is also a way to discreetly show the readers how severe the Maycomb fever is without needing to have Scout‚ the narrator‚ comprehend the problem. By carefully choosing what happens and who is involved in the trial Lees proves
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The Scottsboro Trial and the trial of Tom Robinson are almost identical in the forms of bias shown and the accusers that were persecuted. The bias is obvious and is shown throughout both cases‚ which took place in the same time period. Common parallels are seen through the time period that both trials have taken place in and those who were persecuted and why they were persecuted in the first place. The thought of "All blacks were liars‚ and all blacks are wrongdoers‚" was a major part of all of these
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 260. This book is about Scout and Jem Finch coming to the realization that their hometown is imperfect. It is also about how these children react to the trial of a black man against a white woman who cried rape. The reader follows the children through this trial‚ and one can see how it matures them. In this paper‚ I will be predicting and evaluating. I predict that Tom will be found innocent. I believe that Tom will be found innocent
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equal also faces similar problems. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in the southern city of Maycomb‚ Alabama which can cause different ethnicities to face inequality because of the color of their skin. In the novel‚ a lawyer‚ Atticus‚ and his two children‚ Scout and Jem witness many similar experiences with social inequality. An African-American‚ Tom Robinson faces social inequality from people in this town. Similar to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus’s neighbor‚ Arthur Radley
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drive along my street back to their homes. Tom Robinson’s trial must be over. Before the trial even started‚ I predicted that the verdict would be guilty. When I saw Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill arrive back at their house with long faces‚ my prediction was confirmed. It is still upsetting for me to hear that another innocent black man’s life was ruined because of the way white people treat them. I did not attend the trial; I do not wish to see an innocent person on trial for their life. I take off my gardening
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21‚ 2013 To Kill a Mocking Bird Many members within the Maycomb community were heavily affected by this dramatic trial. Various emotional changes occurred among these characters before‚ during‚ and after the final verdict. Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Robert Ewell were all affected severely by the trial and by the communities’ reactions. Though some may not believe‚ it is shown multiple times in the novel that these characters were affected by the trial. Tom Robinson was affected
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