In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the mockingbird has come to symbolize many people‚ especially Tom Robinson and Arthur (Boo) Radley. Although they are often blamed for the misfortunes of others‚ both Arthur and Tom only intend well for the community and have made efforts to contribute to the well-being of others. Although he is feared by many children and adults in the town he has done many good things for the finches. He continually gave gifts to the children through the hole in a tree‚ with
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Alabama 1930’s Pint of View: First person Plot Summary: The story is about two children‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ as they live through three tough summers. They reside in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ a town that discriminates people based on what they look like and/or what their social status is. The children face many difficult situations where they have to decide what is right or wrong (Main situation where the kids must decide this: Tom Robinson Case). By the end of
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Mockingbird. Harper Lee’s definition of a mockingbird is seen continuously in the novel. It is that a person may be compared to a mockingbird if he is virtuous or without fault. Tom Robinson is an innocent man falsely accused of a crime and forced to defend his character. The false accusations that were forced upon Tom Robinson’s innocence reveal him as the greatest example of a "Mockingbird" in Harper Lee ’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Firstly‚ a citizen of Maycomb County‚ Miss Maudie‚ thoroughly explains
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our society‚ people are always being treated unfairly whether it is or is not intentional. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the character Tom Robinson was a hardworking crippled Black man living in 1930’s America. He was convicted for raping a White young woman named Mayella Ewell. Throughout the course of the book‚ Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally retarded citizen
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Turning points are often crucial events in a person’s life. In the excerpts from Jackie Robinson’s biography‚ ”I Never Had It Made‚” Rebecca Maksel’s auto-biography‚“The Father of Chinese Aviation‚” and Melba Beals’‚ “Warriors Don’t Cry‚” each person faced important turning points that changed their lives and their countries. One broke the color line in baseball and changed the United States‚ another changed aviation and industrialized China‚ and the last made it so schools were not labeled by
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person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 33). That simple quotation has been echoed in many forms before‚ but always meant the same thing; think about things from the other person’s perspective before you start throwing stones. This is a good rule to help people discern whether someone did something and why a person acts the way they do. Nonetheless‚ there was once a time when a point of view was irrelevant. Once‚ people used
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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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the Scottsboro trial and the trial of Tom Robinson in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. “No crime in American history—let alone a crime that never occurred—produced as many trials‚ convictions‚ reversals‚ and retrials as did an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a Southern railroad freight run on March 25‚ 1931” (Linder 1). The author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ was a young girl during the Scottsboro trial and based the trial of Tom Robinson in her novel off
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“ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” ” (Lee 39). - To Kill a Mockingbird With this quote‚ Lee is trying to convey the idea that you can’t understand someone because you can’t always see through their point of view. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem talks about Boo Radley‚ stating‚ “There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In chapters 16-23‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill go to the courthouse without Atticus knowing‚ and they listen to Mr. Ewell and Mayella Ewell lie to the jury. Tom Robinson tells the truth in his testimony‚ but the jury’s verdict states that he is guilty in the end. In this journal‚ I will be characterizing Tom Robinson. All through this journal‚ Tom Robinson can be characterized as considerate and polite. First off‚ Tom is considerate. A reason Tom is considerate is because he does various
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