When Gillespie arrested Sam Wood Virgil also proved him innocent. Even though Gillespie didn’t like to be proven wrong by anyone and especially by a coloured person, he respected Virgil for his great detective work. At one point in the novel Gillespie and Tibbs shake hands and I think that was the high point of this noval. Virgil didn’t respect Gillespie that much in the beginning and most of the middle of this story but in the end Virgil respected Gillespie. I think it was good that Virgil did not respect Gillespie because Gillespie was using Virgil for his scapegoat.
If he had shared Martin’s letter to his wife, the men would not have been hung, but Martin asked Mr. Davies to keep the letter private and he respected Martin’s request. Since Mr. Davies was a well respected man, people listened to his argument for the men’s innocence. A few people were convinced by Mr. Davies’ arguments. He tried his hardest to convince everyone but the posse wouldn’t change their minds. The posse was sure the three men were the rustlers.
This shows the distinction between the battle of right and wrong and how characters are either on one side or the other. Terry’s is influenced by his conscience throughout the film such as; when Joey Doyle is thrown off the roof, he thinks it’s unnecessary and that the guys were just going to talk to him but he trusts Johnny that it was the right decision. Another instance where Terry’s conscience effects his decisions is where he gives the tokens to Edie as he feels empathic of her brother and the damage he helped instigated. The sides of right and wrong are clearly
Atticus Finch has been deemed a hero of justice, a mythological paragon of social activism. But although Atticus admirably defended Tom Robinson. He was no antiracism activist. First, Atticus did not volunteer to defend Tom Robinson; he was given a court order to do so. Then there Atticus’s complacence to racism, clearly portrayed in his confession (regarding defending Tom): “I’d hoped to get through life without a case of this kind…” This is not to dismiss Atticus’s fine attributes: He is a good father, treats all (black and white) with respect, and practices patient humility.
Often times in life as well as in literature, certain individuals are given negative reputations and notoriety for previous behaviors that simply do not represent their character as a whole. Taking place in the 1930’s in Maycomb, Alabama, two such individuals that represent this veracity in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee are Boo Radley and Mrs. Dubose. Soon after being introduced to the demonized characters of Radley and Dubose, the reader is equipped to see that there is more goodness to these persons on the inside than may be visible to the outside world. The character of Mrs. Dubose in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird is an excellent example of seeing goodness overpowered by evil in the form of a crippling substance abuse. From early on in the novel, the perspective that this character is nothing more than a miserable hag
Saikali 1 Ricardo Saikali Mrs. Rose ENG2DR October 29, 2014. The Evolution of Scout Imagine someone being to change to someone completely different, just because the world has many lessons to be learnt. In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, readers see that changes can happen to anyone. Scout changes from a violent and prejudice girl into a more understanding and wise person from learning from what others say and what she see's herself, throughout the novel. She changes from violent to calm kid, a innocent child to a kid aware of the evil in the world, and from a prejudger to shoe walker.
He didn’t care what they thought of him because he knew already that almost everyone in Maycomb spreads terrible rumors about him so he was fearless. “Don’t let the fear get down in you break out of it to repair yourself.” (Unknown author) This quote relates to Boo and kind of what he believes in since he repaired himself by showing
Prejudice can be disguised as stereotyping, discrimination, misjudgment, and the biggest, which is shown in the book, is racism. Examples are shown through the eyes of the Maycomb citizens Scout and Jem, Atticus, the Radleys, and Aunt Alexandra. The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird show prejudice in many ways. When a citizen of Maycomb meets
Scout and Pip are similar in the fact that both characters are different, or long to become different, in regards to their environment and those around them. Also, both characters go through some similar life-changing experiences, such as meeting certain people or witnessing important events. Differences between the two include setting and gender, interests and hobbies, and their specific roles in their respective plots. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Scout is seen as particularly unusual by those around her. Since she is a girl, she is expected to perform certain ladylike actions.
What do people believe about it? The original purpose of “The Lottery” was to demonstrate the act of violence and bullying in America. In a way, I believe Jackson was trying to approach her audience in a personal way by introducing a familiar atmosphere for readers to relate to such as the ‘small town’ setting. By doing this, Jackson’s audience realizes and takes notice of the violence in your own environment. With Jackson’s writing style, it makes readers feel involved into the story and helps us visualize abuse in short, dense sentences when Mrs. Hutchinson is beaten with smooth stones.