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    drilled first Mr. Tate‚ the local sheriff‚ then Mr. Ewell‚ and finally Mayella. According to the witnesses‚ the girl asked for Tom Robinson’s help to “bust up a chiffarobe” and when she turned to give him a nickel he sprang on her and beat her and took advantage of her. Mr. Ewell heard her screaming from a nearby field and “came runnin’ fast as I could” and tried to catch Robinson

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    Sealed Air: Primary Problems: The primary problem for sealed air was their overzealous product focus with a lack of consumer focus. Sealed Air was practically the sole maker of air cap cushioning with virtually no competitors. Their competitors were selling uncoated bubbles at half the price and starting to grab market share in Europe and the U.S. Sealed Air was too concerned with their “saran barrier coating” which caused product myopia. Having the most innovative product in the industry is great

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    The short story by Ailing “Sealed Off” has various levels and interpretations of the title. The first being the war background and what happened throughout the city. Shanghai grew quiet every time an air raid attack happened when the Japanese frequently bombed them during the Second Sino-Japanese War. When these air raid attacks happened the city would seal off temporarily. The tramcars would halt and seal off as well‚ and whoever was in the tramcars would be stuck inside until the raids were over

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    case to defend an African American (Tom Robinson) in the time of extreme discrimination. Growing up shapes and builds minds to what will fully become of them in future years even though there may be obstacles to endeavor through the process. Tom Robinson has been convicted for supposed rape of Mayella Ewell‚ which is a capital offense in Alabama. Although Atticus is treated roughly by fellow Macomb citizens he isn’t the only one paying the price for defending Tom. Being a single father of two already

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    is powered by three different factors class‚ gender‚ and race. Mayella and her father were poor and dirty meaning her class was not very good‚ when she was in the courthouse she was looked at differently than some others. During the trial with Tom Robinson she was more likely to win because of her race being white and his being black. With Mayella being a female and in a bad situation she doesn’t have as many rights as some of the females and males. As an illustration of race in the 1930’s whites

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    established a relationship without even seeing each other. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. Neighbors judged Boo Radley because he never came outside and preferred to stay indoors. They also were prejudiced toward Tom Robinson just because of his skin color. They even sent Tom to jail based on three testimonies that had many holes in them.We are all people and even though we may not look or think like each other we all still have feelings.

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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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    back in. I’m so nervous what if they find him guilty. No our evidence is too strong I think we have this case in the bag. Here it is… “ We‚ the jury‚ find Tom Robinson guilty of raping Mayella Ewell.” It can’t be‚ he’s innocent. How could this happen. I’m going to scream‚ we had all this incriminating evidence‚ but still the jury can’t see that Tom is completely innocent and it Bob Ewell that was raping his own daughter. Atticus is expressionless‚ of course‚ does he even care about this case or even

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    and explained to them that killing an innocent mockingbird is not acceptable. The mockingbird in the novel represents innocence. The mockingbird resembles Tom Robinson and his court case. Tom Robinson is not the only mockingbird in the novel but it fact Boo Radley is one also. The author‚ Harper Lee uses the mockingbird to symbolize and mirror Tom by providing examples of how his innocence was taken away from him because of his generosity. During his court case‚ he was blamed for raping Mayella Ewell

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    numerous occasions where characters were accused of crimes that they did not commit and/or judged differently based on their situation. Tom Robinson is a perfect example of an innocent man wrongly accused of a crime‚ he wasn’t given the same benefit of the doubt any white person in that time period would have been. A man in a very similar situation as Tom Robinson was put in jail for 18 years for a crime he did not commit. The name Steven Avery meant trouble to the citizens of his small community

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