In this small town, Tom Robinson, a black man, husband, and father of two is on trial for a crime of rape. The accuser is Mayella Ewell, the 19-year-old daughter of Bob Ewell. The crime of rape is a serious and if Tom is found guilty, he will be executed. The crime in question took place in the evening of November 21, 1935, close to the county dump, in the Ewell’s house. Mr. Robinson’s lawyer is Atticus Finch, who resides in Maycomb.
“Ford just wants to find the right suspect so they are convicting even the innocent” says Derek’s attorney. Finally the last suspect is Omar Ballard. He was recently released of prison after doing two years for beating a woman that ironically lived in the same apartment building as the victim. He also was in jail for the rape of a four-teen year old girl that lived one-hundred feet from her as well. Omar Ballard is also friends with Tamika, the Neighbor of Michelle Moore-bosko who wrongly accused first suspect Daniel Williams.
Few weeks ago, Mr. Finch, the father to the kids, stood as attorney to defend Tom Robinson in a court case filed by Ewell. Mr. Ewell accused Tom Robinson of raping his daughter, Mayella Ewell. However, Mr. Finch have a concrete evidence to prove that Tom was innocence. A few days after the trial, Ewell went to meet Mr. Finch and he spat on Finch’s face. However, Mr. Finch did not show any response but saying that he wishes Bob Ewell had not smoke.
This creatively written novel by Harper Lee shows the children’s reaction to the Radley Place which effectively foreshadows the depth of prejudice and intolerance present in the wider community of Maycomb. Scout and Jem are both bred and born in Maycomb, living off a diet of gossip. The prejudice and intolerance in the community is shown from the very beginning of the novel, when Scout tells us about the mysterious myths and town gossip surrounding Boo Radley. For example, Boo never seen outside for years, getting into trouble with the law and stabbing his father with a pair of scissors in the thigh. “..people still looked at the Radley Place, unwilling to discard their initial suspicions.” (Page 9) This shows how small and connected the
The Author gives readers clues and makes them think to figure out questions, she never gives a straight out answer. The author has events that exemplify prejudice really well. One example of prejudice in the story is the trial. Bob Ewell sues an African American man named Tom Robinson for raping his daughter. The court pleads the man guilty without any proof of rape.
Dear editor, The piece called ‘End the menace of attack dogs’ published on the 19/8/11 in The Age, has stunned me. I know dogs well; my family has had many in our past. Pitbulls are dangerous dogs that will attack people as well as pets. We don’t hear and read about the pit bull dogs much. Think what it was like for my little 7 year old brother playing in the front yard to have a viscous animal coming at him snarling and barking and me as I hear him scream, I ran out to threaten the dog to go away.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the rape trail of Tom Robinson vs Mayella Ewell, an African American man accused of raping a white teenage girl was held in a bias court room of Maycomb County. Tom Robinson was proven innocent but the end verdict did not match the proof, because no jury would chose to listen to a black man over a white girl due to the state of prejudice Maycomb was under. Racism this town got to the point where when Atticus Finch, a white lawyer chose to represent Tom in the case he was a disgrace and an outcast to the white community. Not only Atticus but his children all suffered from the judgement they were receiving from the whole community for Atticus representing an innocent man. Since children were exposed to this behavior the racism has been passed down to generation to generation.
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
Mayella Ewell, a white girl, often asked him to help her with her chores and he of course did. One time when he was helping her she kissed him but when her father saw she was embarressed and said he raped her and beat her up. The thing was she had bruises on the left side of her face but Tom was paralyzed in the left arm after he got stuck in a cotton making machine, so he could not have done it. Still the jury convicted him guilty of all charges. Its very likely that he was only found guilty because he was black.
Animal Farm 1954 – Movie Analysis Animal Farm, produced by Halas and Batchelor in 1954 was adapted from George Orwell’s novel which entitled the same name. The animated film centered on animal’s reign over themselves after they had overthrown their drunken master, Mr. Jones. The revolution began shortly after Old Major’s speech before he collapsed in the middle of the “Beast of England” song. His words were so powerful that the animals dared to rebel against their master after they were left unfed for one day since Mr. Jones was badly drunk. They destroyed everything that was used by Mr. Jones to torture them and changed the farm’s name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm.