Up to this point in the story, Shola has had a timid, non- rebellious personality. At the beginning of the story, this is established when she tells Shango not to cause such trouble that would have him whipped. Even when she is raped several times by one of the masters, she remains confused yet non-defiant. She tells of meetings in which fellow slaves are involved, but does not join them. She sometimes expresses a desire to have power over her oppressors, for instance she wishes she could kill an overseer with her eyes as we are told Nunu has done.
Have you won him too?” [p. 151], she is referring to the townspeople of Salem as the hypocrites and questioning John’s integrity and strength. Further, she takes it upon herself to redress these hypocrisies; however, she herself is a hypocrite due to her fornication and adultery with Proctor, yet she considers herself holy. By informing the reader that her motive was not only revenge but to "cleanse" the town, Miller deprives the reader of the opportunity to form his own opinion on the conflict of the story. If the reader does not know that Abigail had this plan, than he has the ability to expand his knowledge and wonder if the conflict was real or a
This is a perfect example of how Galileo essentially started to disprove what the bible said. The jury of the trial of Suzanne Gaudry used previous stated facts in the trial to add together and come to a verdict that they believed was the proper decision based on what was stated in the trial. “Suzanne Gaudry coupled with her confessions, from which it would appear that she has always been ill-reputed for being stained with the crime of witchcraft, and seeing that took flight and sought refuge in this city of Valenciennes” the jury had used her past conflicts to prove that she was indeed a witch by restating that she had run and hid from authority so that she would not get caught and if you are running from authority most of the time you are not innocent. Galileo and the jury both have very similar techniques to get a real answer and conclusion. Galileo tested
With the defendant they get a shot at leniency from the judge. Then there are some that say plea bargaining is unconstitutional. “Plea bargaining rests on the constitutional fiction that our government does not retaliate against individuals who wish to exercise their right to trial by jury.” (Lynch, The Case Against Plea Bargaining, 2003). essentially this means if the defendant believes in their innocence and want to go to trial the will be punished for standing up for their constitutional rights. It is my belief that plea bargaining is an utter necessity, and though it may not seem just at all times; we as a society can see how hectic the court would be if all cases were brought to trial.
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The words from her polite mouth always of encouragement and wisdom. She seemed to be filled to the brim with unending love and compassion. In others opinions she was, "lenient, understanding and wise."
It wasn’t fair!” and she continues to argue the unfairness of the ceremony, but she doesn’t do anything about it and accepts that’s the way the ritual has always been and she is stoned. Even though, in both stories appears to be a sense of acceptance of the ritual among people, there is still a space for the lector/viewer to morally weigh in the
Tobar explains, “The trial attorney he eventually assigned to the case would likely protest his inability to lift The People v. Araceli N. Ramirez over the low bar of proof required for a successful preliminary hearing” (334). Araceli’s case could not be taken to a higher court level, because of the lack of evidence. Instead the trial attorney would, “simply negotiate the charges down from a felony to a misdemeanor in exchange for a plea, give the defendant credit for time served and hand her ass forthwith to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement representatives at the county jail. She would then be swiftly deported, as were the legions of other foregin nationals without papers who landed there” (334). Even though Araceli was charged with a misdemeanor, she was not completely let off the hook.
In To Kill A Mockingbird, characters including Scout and Bob Ewell all have ignorance that showed what they did not know about their surrounding and the knowledge they knew about people in Maycomb County. The message of this novel is to understand the world that we live in and accept what was given to you and to judge people by their actions and not to exaggerate the negative aspects in life as in not to "Judge the color of their skin, but by their character." - Martin Luther
A moment in the book that particularly sparks a time in the novel is when Atticus directly addresses the court room about the morality of what society actually does to the ‘black’ community. It is a powerful statement which allows the reader to read across the text and make judgements upon the gaps and silence’s present. ‘witnesses for the state have presented themselves to you… in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted… the evil assumption - that all Negroes lie…are basically immoral beings…are not to be trusted around our women…Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin’ Harper Lee addressed the darker issues that were prominent in the 1930’s, some which are still relevant in today’s society such as dominant discourse, marginalising, privileging, gaps and silence’s. She was enabled readers to make question their beliefs and make assumptions