An example of this behavior is how Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, despite everything he has been taught, and despite the children and townspeople who antagonize his two children. Atticus believes that Tom is innocent and continues to fight for his rights. Another example is when Bob Ewell, the man accusing
Just as the author, I have been alerted to grow up due to my transition as a high school student to a college student. Now as a college student I realize the value of time and my need to grow up to be more productive. Because when you grow up, productivity is what you learn and productive is what you learn to be. Here is where the author’s understanding of unproductivity also leads him to seeing the importance of productivity. Marginal places, people, and activities allow people to learn the meaning of productivity.
If there was an argument between a black person and a white person, the white person was right. In an argument that Crooks had with Curley’s wife, he was threatened with being lynched. People had that kind of power over black people as they were always right. Steinbeck protested against this treatment by showing to the world what was at the time, a stereotypical black person who would withdraw into himself for protection. Then Steinbeck opened the character up by talking him to Lenny.
The Teel brothers were suspected to have ties to the local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter in Oxford. Later, this Klan group succeeded in intimidating townspeople and hindering investigations. Due to the brother’s connection with the KKK, none of the witnesses would dare come forward and incriminate the Teel brothers. So not only was the murder itself grievous, but the group went on to further lower themselves by bullying and threatening other innocent people. Instead of admitting to their heinous actions, the three men sought help from their willing ‘brothers’ to bully and persuade black and white people alike into submission and essentially cover-up the whole incident.
Victimization is a consistent theme that is first demonstrated through the character Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson faced a great amount of abuse by the citizens of Maycomb. During his rape trial, Tom Robinson was discriminated against while he took the stand. “ ‘Strong enough to choke the breath out of a woman and sling her to the floor?’ ” (Lee, 196). Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, used Tom’s race and physical strength to imply that Tom was just another stereotypical black man who targeted a fair skinned female.
Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In Maycomb County, there is still serious racism going on and Blacks have not been treated right. However, Atticus still decides to take the case and defend Tom Robinson even though he knows that town’s people would insult him and his children. Although Atticus tried his best to prove Tom is innocent and he actually proves it, he still loses the trial. Despite the truth that he lost, Maycomb makes a “baby-step”( p.289).
He is one of the few residents in Maycomb that is not racist. Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, a black man who was charged with raping a white woman. This was very unusual at this time for a white man to defend a black man but Atticus is very courageous and does what he believes is right. “You can turn around and go home again, Walter” (Lee p.151). Tom Robinson was moved out of jail to another place for him to stay the day before the court case.
While black people struggle, the media constantly portrays them as animalistic brutes. In turn, it reinforces the stereotype in the minds of white people, which in turn feeds their fear and contempt of black people, particularly black men. Fear is a powerful motivator and white people justify segregation as the only way to protect white society from the “animalistic brutes.” Bigger is well aware of the instant judgments white people make when they see a black man. For example, when Bigger goes to the Dalton’s house, he thinks, “Suppose a police officer saw him wandering in a white neighborhood like this? It would be thought that he was trying to rob or rape somebody,” (44).
The juvenile minds will not only learn about other cultures, but will also get closer to their own culture. They will start developing an affection for their own culture, when they will compare and see the differences. Furthermore, human beings are always in search of better opportunities. Studying diverse cultures from a very early age, can help the upcoming youth in developing a better common culture, one that contains many different trends
The bullet had gone through his jaw and neck, leaving huge wounds. Outraged, local blacks took to the street’s starting riots and fight’s all over the place. The crime was quickly investigated by the FBI however no obvious answers became clear. A man named James Earl Ray is being looked for as a suspect, however many people including many of Martin’s actual family believes he was innocent. He was in Memphis in support of the striking African American sanitation workers, who had performed a walk out in