Examples Of Atticus's Closing Argument In To Kill A Mockingbird
Do you believe Atticus’s closing argument was well presented? In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus stated, all the evidence from the trial in his closing argument. He took into consideration who was watching as it wasn’t just adults. Atticus discussed racism towards not only Tom but all black men in Macomb County. Also he tried to convince everyone of Tom’s innocence. Atticus presents his closing argument by summarizing the evidence, stating the key points that should be considered and effectively proving Tom’s innocence.
Atticus did a good job of summarizing all of the evidence from the trial. Atticus stated that Tom has been charged wrongly as there was no medical evidence of Mayella Ewell that night; it’s found very strong that …show more content…
“Some Negros lies, some Negros are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted- black or white” (Lee, 273) Atticus in this quote is stating that it necessarily isn’t just Tom who's subjected its all black men. It shouldn’t be just because Tom is black that he's charged, if he's innocent the jury should do what’s right. Just because some black men lie does not mean that Tom does, Tom in all honesty is probably telling the 100% truth but the jury does what’s politically correct. Atticus says a quote to try and prove a point, “Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal”. (Lee, ) Then he explains that all men are not equal, we have men who don’t have as much as us or have more than us. Not all men are equal because we treat black men differently than we would treat a white man. Tom wasn’t being treated fairly even though they were under court laws but back then it didn’t matter, he was black therefore he was treated unequal. “It was guilt that motivated her” (Lee, ) Mayella’s broken and rigid and she feels that she has never felt loved. Mayella doesn’t generally have any men come around so when Tom started to she asked for help because she wanted to feel wanted and loved. She thought that this would help, but she had made a mistake. These statements are all true and the jury knows that they just don’t want to believe
Atticus did a good job of summarizing all of the evidence from the trial. Atticus stated that Tom has been charged wrongly as there was no medical evidence of Mayella Ewell that night; it’s found very strong that …show more content…
“Some Negros lies, some Negros are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted- black or white” (Lee, 273) Atticus in this quote is stating that it necessarily isn’t just Tom who's subjected its all black men. It shouldn’t be just because Tom is black that he's charged, if he's innocent the jury should do what’s right. Just because some black men lie does not mean that Tom does, Tom in all honesty is probably telling the 100% truth but the jury does what’s politically correct. Atticus says a quote to try and prove a point, “Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal”. (Lee, ) Then he explains that all men are not equal, we have men who don’t have as much as us or have more than us. Not all men are equal because we treat black men differently than we would treat a white man. Tom wasn’t being treated fairly even though they were under court laws but back then it didn’t matter, he was black therefore he was treated unequal. “It was guilt that motivated her” (Lee, ) Mayella’s broken and rigid and she feels that she has never felt loved. Mayella doesn’t generally have any men come around so when Tom started to she asked for help because she wanted to feel wanted and loved. She thought that this would help, but she had made a mistake. These statements are all true and the jury knows that they just don’t want to believe