The story is enjoyable for its humorous portrayal of a family embarking on a vacation; O'Connor has been unforgiving in her portrayal of these characters. Misfit can be determine as sympathetic because he was wrongly punished, he had no other option than killing the family and polite and well mannered. Firstly, Misfit was wrongly accused for killing his father and was punished and sent to jail. I think Misfit did not killed his father because if he did he would remember it. He asks for the proof and paper work from cops but they did not show him.
Cousin Francis yelled, “He`s nothing` but a nigger-lover!” (Lee pg83). Just because Atticus was doing the right and noble thing, Cousin Francis thought that he loved black people but he did not know Tom. Although, Jem stated that, “Atticus says cheatin` a coloured man is ten times worse than cheatin` a white man.” (Lee pg201) It is worse because it is like killing a mockingbird, which is a sin, coloured men do not really bother anybody. And then Atticus explained that, “...You’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, ...whenever a white man does that to a black man, ... that white man is trash.” (Lee pg220). He explained that white men always win and cheat, so the white men are the victors but the white man is always a bad man.
Im ne being a white man in the 1930's. With the pressure and grief of the towns agi people surrounding ; with judgement being directly thrown in the face of the man only trying to do the right thing. In Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee, To , by she illustrates the point that by Atticus defending Tom Robinson even though it was considered the "wrong" thing to do and taking the case, defending him to his best efforts and taking the case even though he knew this would have both negative and positive effects on his children, he was not a racist. In this book, Atticus Finch is defending a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of rape. Throughout the story, we see the injustice that has tied between everyone involved as this time .
In this trial, an all white jury charges a crippled man with rape of a white girl just because he is black. With no medical evidence and clear proof that the accused was not able to commit the crime charged with, this jury found the defendant guilty. This clearly innocent man died as a result of this trial. Unfair juries always have and always will be a problem in today’s society. Kendall 2 In 1990, Virginia Beverly Monroe was convicted of the killing of one of her greatest friends.
Atticus did not only defend a black man but he had the courage and strength to try and defend him. All other lawyers would have either not taken the case or would have, but not tried at all and let an innocent man die. But Atticus was different; he was one of the few white people that believed that black people are equal to white people. The black community thought of Atticus as a great man, and he was very much respected in the black community. After the court case when Atticus was leaving, the community of black people rose in respect of his heroic actions in which he presented in defending Tom.
Several times in the book he questions if he should be truthful and turn Jim in as the law expects. Often Huck thinks “…why me? I couldn’t get that out of my conscience. Who is to blame for Jim achieving freedom?” (pg.66 ch.14) He tries to convince himself Jim is just as equal as he and any other white person is and that he isn’t in the wrong “I tried to make out to myself that I warn’t to blame.” (pg.66 ch.14) Throughout the book Huck discovers that Jim is a person. He now realizes that Jim, even though he is of color, still feels and loves the same as any white person, and should have equal treatment just as Huck does.
In Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ the town of Maycomb has been shaken with scandal. Tom Robinson, a black man, has been trialed and wrongly found guilty of raping a white woman. The fact that Maycomb town jury had convicted Tom on such little evidence has left Jem dumbfounded and asking just one question; ‘how could they do it, how could they? The answer; because Tom Robinson is black, the jury had ‘done it before…and they’ll do it again’. Tom’s case was never going to be a hard one evidence wise, but Atticus sets out to prove something more to the town and Jem especially, that they are all equals, ‘in their courts all men are created equal’.
morality because Carl Lee killing the two rapists was illegal, but the morality of his ten year old daughter being beaten for no reason was proving that even though the murder was not legal, it was for fairness and justice. It was against the law that Carl Lee murdered the two men, but these men raped his little girl for no reason, while Carl Lee had his true reason. It was horrifying that two men picked on his young daughter to rape and beat her, she could have died. He thought that it was wrong that two men raping his daughter should be completely freed after only ten years of prison, and that they deserved worse for hurting an innocent ten year old
Tom Robinson had the most prejudice used against him in To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom was a black field hand that was accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, said that Tom had raped his daughter. Tom however did not rape Mayella, she tried to seduce him. Bob
The children soon become obsessed with their mysterious, reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley. While they unsuccessfully try to get Boo out of his house, Boo has a series of anonymous encounters with Jem and Scout. Meanwhile, Atticus, a distinguished lawyer, agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. This decision turns his children into targets of abuse from their friends and relatives. Despite Atticus’s powerful arguments for Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury convicts the black man.