The second fact was, “Mayela Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left”. He had Mr. Ewell write out his name simply to make the point that he was a lefty. Although he took it as he was being mocked when Atticus asked him to write out his name for the Jury. He also pointed out, “Tom Robinson now sits before you having taken oath with the only good hand he possesses – his right hand.” Tom, having ruined his left arm completely in an accident with a machine, would not have left the marks on the right side of Mayelas face. He could not use his left arm.
His only main reason for staying in Bayonne is because of the love of his life Vivian. Grants life then takes a huge turn when his cousin Jefferson is convicted of a shooting that had taken place in a liquor store. He is then pressed with charges, and has to be executed. Before the time of execution Jefferson’s aunt, and godmother want Grant to teach Jefferson how to become and man before he dies, because in his trial he is called a hog by the white jury and judge. This takes a
Jem, without knowing that Tom Robinson will lose the trial even if he is innocent, told Reverend Skyes how Tom Robinson might win this case. In reply, Reverend Skyes said,” I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a (black) man over a white man” (Lee 279). Reverend Skyes wants to tell Jem that there is no such thing as justice and fairness for a black father, black son, black mother and black daughter. Another kind of discrimination is social favoritism. Social discrimination also played an important role throughout the American history, especially in Southern part of the United States.
When Proctor returned continues to testify against his wife’s accusation, he becomes overwhelmed by the girl’s façade, along with Mary’s and Danforth’s accusations against him about him being a liar. Out of anger, Proctor storms from the court in a feeble attempt to maintain his reputation as a truthful man. In doing such, he exclaims, “God is dead…a fire is burning!” (Miller 111) Proctor’s exclamation against the court late in Act III, only emphasizes the injustice Proctor believes is evident in Salem, and that there is a direct parallel among the trials, fire/ Satan, and the nonexistence of God. These very parallels Later, Proctor is imprisoned for his actions and chooses to avoid death by signing a confession which he knows to be false. As both Danforth and the judges oppress over him, Proctor cannot bring himself to sign, and ultimately leads himself to his own death.
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines’ novel, A Lesson Before Dying takes place in Bayonne, Louisiana in the 1940s. The story is told by Grant Wiggins, a black man that was educated and taught school to black children. The story is about a young uneducated black man named Jefferson who followed a couple of guys into a liquor story one night and the guys tried to rob the store owner. I fight started and the store owner and the two guys were killed. Jefferson did not run so when the police came he was accused of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair.
This bitter diatribe leads to a narrative turning point when the 4th Juror angrily turns against his former ally and tells him to not open his ‘filthy mouth’ again. Hence, by creating the tension in the ‘hot’ ‘locked’ jury room, Rose invites the audience to understand that dangerous flaws such as prejudice can harm the judicial system which ultimately threaten
During that period, blacks had no say in anything. For example, in the book “A lesson before dying” Jefferson is in the court room getting prosecuted for something that he didn’t commit. As the attorney said himself in the beginning of his case that, “The Defense argued that Jefferson was innocent from all charges except being at the wrong place at the wrong time”. This meant absolutely nothing to the people in jury. From the beginning of the case, it showed many ways that the attorney defending Jefferson did not believe this man was innocent because he was a black
His lawyer was left in an awkward state, he would have to completely turn around his defense case to prove now that his client was truly insane and only a mentally deranged individual would commit such distasteful lurid acts. Jeff Dahmer took the words insanity to the whole next level. The jury was forced to hear the Dahmer’s outlandish acts towards the victims. For instance how Dahmer kept his apartment crammed up with skeletons, 11 skulls, packages of genitals, and preserved and frozen hearts, muscles, and innards from his 17 slaughtered victims. Dahmer convinced himself that his acts were not sadistic but merely acts of enjoyment.
Who's to hinder, I wonder?" And Legree clenched his fist, and shook it, as if he had something in his hands that he could rend in pieces. (40.6) 463| Simon Legree’s malicious hatred of Tom is utterly evil – and utterly unrestrained. No law, no person, no religion will stand in his way if he wants to vent his psychopathic fury on an innocent man. This is the moment at which Stowe wants every 19th century reader to realize the full horror of slavery.
Jefferson was put on trial because he just happened to be in the convenience store at the wrong time. When the convenience store clerk was found dead, and Jefferson was there collecting the money from the register, he was automatically accused of the crime without a fair trial. During the trial, not only was the entire white jury against him, but his lawyer who calls him a hog, as well. Just because Jefferson is an African American at a time of segregation, he is sentenced to death, causing the inevitable. Racial injustice is a huge wrong of our judicial system in the past, and continues to be in some cases.