He mainly shows courage in Tom Robinson’s case. Atticus knows that he is not going to win the case but he knows that Tom is innocent and if he doesn’t fight for him then no one will, just like Mrs. Dubose and her battle against morphine, he is “licked” before he begins. He shows true courage when he is against the town to defend Tom because a majority of the white people living in Maycomb want Tom dead. He understood that taking this lawsuit would make a few people turn against him since he is defending and believing a Negro’s word rather than a white man. Atticus also showed courage when he went to protect Tom in the jail house, without having to think twice about his decision he rushed to the jail house.
Martin Luther King’s campaigns in the North were less successful than those in the South because of a number of reasons. Such as; lack of support, violence, Martin Luther King’s reputation, lack of media attention, the Chicago freedom rides, the Moynihan report and social and economic problems. The most significant reason why Martin Luther King’s campaigns were less successful in the North was the lack of media attention due to the reaction the people gave to those who were campaigning. The South was more segregated and there were more racist people in the Southern states which meant that their reactions were more extreme. The North was also segregated, but not near to the extent of which the South was.
Although Boo Radley shows just what a substantial person he has become, he is still misjudged by the society. This is proved when Boo Radley saves Jem’s life by killing Mr.Ewell and Atticus says it wouldn't be right to expose him and Scout vocalised, “ It would be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”. So when Atticus kept the information of Boo to himself, he really believed that Boo Radley was an innocent man who caused no harm to anyone and therefore shouldn’t be persecuted, as he has been illtreated his whole life. The aim with mockingbirds in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is that mockingbirds should not be killed as they only exist for the enjoyment of others and cause no harm and only minded their business. Another way in which Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol is through Tom Robinson.
Her father Atticus, a lawyer, had a choice to defend a black man, Tom Robison, who was being accused of raping and beating up a young white women. At the time, Tom Robison was married with kids. To many people, he is a hard working respected black man. Myella, the young women who was beaten and raped, came from a very poor family
Scout lived with her father Atticus Finch, Brother Jeremy, and also their house keeper Calpurnia who handles the children and she also happens to be black. Scout’s father Atticus Finch has taken on the legal defense of a black man who has been falsely charged of raping an white women.
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
Dylan Fiolek Prejudice in the South Racial prejudice was beyond horrible in the 1960s. A time to kill was a movie about a white lawyer who defends a black man for shooting to white woman. The black man raped and beat his daughter. To kill a Mockingbird was a book about a white lawyer who defends a black man. They accuse him of raping and beating a young white woman.
Atticus was his lawyer and it was a completely scandal because he is a white man defending a black man, no one would do that because the black people did not had rights in that time. But we can see that there were descent people like Atticus, that have clear that everyone is equal and he had to make justice in Maycomb; He would fight until the end, and he did, he showed enough evidence to expose Ewell….”Did you Called a doctor, Sheriff? Did anybody call a doctor? Asked Atticus, No sir, repeated Mr. Tate, Why not? Asked Atticus, Well I can tell you why I didn’t.
Although most gangs are viewed as a kind of plague to society, some of them don’t see themselves that way. There are many that actually try and give back to their community in positive way but the problem is that the bad outweighs the good in everyone else’s mind. There is a large lack of social skills with gang members because they don’t know how to interact with people outside of their gang and get a positive reaction. Most people outside of their gang are not going to understand why they act the way they act, or do the things they do so there is going to be a communication barrier there. If the members of gangs were more understood in society then they probably wouldn’t be in one to begin with.
Judge Taylor was polling the jury: ‘Guilty… guilty… guilty…guilty…’” (282). When Tom runs off and gets shot at, the county shows racism. First, when Tom tries to run away from the prison he was found with 17 bullet holes in him. (315). This shows racism because it would not take 17 bullets to kill a man.