After Tom was dead, the cops continued to shoot Tom for their own gratification because he was simply a black man. In short, due to Tom Robinson’s race, he was forced to live a life where he was a victim of abuse and discrimination. Another citizen who was
Jake builds a bridge with the audience towards the end when he starts to get emotional and cry. That shows the viewers that he is not only professionally involved with the trial but also very emotionally involved as well. Finally, the closing argument, most importantly, uses Ethos. It uses a fair, open-minded, honest, and well-informed opinion about the subject matter. Now here is a white male, defending a black father who killed two white men after raping his 7
For instance, Bigger decides to go see the movie Trader Horn to distract himself from the growing fear of robbing Blum. Wright notes that Bigger “looked at Trader Horn unfold and saw pictures of naked black men and women whirling in wild dances […]” (33). Laws dictated by white supremacy mandate racial segregation, which encourages the brute stereotype. It is a vicious cycle: white society forces black people into poverty and leaves them with little opportunity for success. While black people struggle, the media constantly portrays them as animalistic brutes.
Instead of admitting to their heinous actions, the three men sought help from their willing ‘brothers’ to bully and persuade black and white people alike into submission and essentially cover-up the whole incident. I understand that in the face of punishment, people will do anything to ‘get away with murder’, but how can so many people feel no remorse in essentially erasing one man’s existence? It is sickening to realize that the KKK could be so effective in brainwashing an entire town. Meanwhile, the African American community likewise gave into emotion and engaged in a poorly thought out and executed plan of retaliation. Instead of fighting for Marrow’s justice and their own rights in a civil manner, the African Americans in Oxford choose to cause more damage by creating chaos and classifying
The presents were obviously for them, everyday there would be a different gift until Nathan Radley blocked up the hole. Atticus has accepted a case, and must defend his client Tom Robinson. He is a black man that was accused of beating and raping a white woman. Due to Atticus’s decision to help Tom Jem and Scout are bullied
Mrs. Stinger Boo Radley- The mysterious Arthur Radley is blamed for virtually any unexplainable act in Maycomb. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work. Because of his past history of apparent mental instability and the forced seclusion within the Radley House that his father strictly enforced, he is accused of everything from being a peeping tom to poisoning pecans. There is no evidence or witnesses to any of these accusations, but rumors persist throughout the town, making Boo a man with no friends or expectations for a better future. The jury- Tom Robinson is accused of rape by a white family, the Ewells, who have been, according to Atticus, "the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations."
The women decided that they would falsely accuse these men in order to avoid being caught for prostitution and also for not paying the train ticket. (Faulkner 418-419) The To Kill a Mockingbird Trial was about Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell. Mayella was the daughter of a very poor white family and to the townsmen they were known as white trash. They lived behind the garbage dump in Maycomb. The Ewells were known for being rude and inconsiderate.
27 October 2011 Title Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is full of moral wrongdoings and unfair treatment toward the already broken black community of Monroville, Alabama. The majority of the ill treatment is overlooked by the whites of the small, southern town. Atticus Finch, the father of Scout and Jem Finch, and the lawyer appointed to Tom Robinson, is a morally sound man who tries to instill his beliefs in his young children. According to Atticus it is wrong to kick a man while is he is down, or knowingly take advantage of someone. He reinforces this belief by saying “The one place a man ought to get a square deal is when is in the court room, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have ways of carrying the resentments right
However, due to this, the other children taunt the children in school, resulting in scout having fights with them; meanwhile, Atticus had an unpleasant encounter with a group of white men who were planning on lynching Tom Robinson. This shows the racial discrimination at that time and how the black had little rights. However, Atticus still treats them as men, not like the other racist white men who treat them like animals. The crisis Atticus had to face was only averted by the arrival of the children, Jem, Scout and Dill as they forced the mob of people to see things in Atticus and Tom’s point of view, which drove them away in shame. In the film, there was a saying that really got my attention.
Many years go if you were a farmer on trial, the jury would be full of all farmers. But it isn’t like that anymore because judges and attorneys oppose biased people. That’s why some attorneys can ask the judge to excuse a juror for cause because they think the juror may be against their client. In the film twelve angry men, the jurors were somewhat biased, discriminating because of his race, his background, and one of the jurors even discriminated against him because of the troubled relationship he had with his own son. Citizens were thrown together into a hot, humid room to determine the guilt or innocence of a boy accused of killing his father in a moment of rage.