Going back to To Kill a Mockingbird, one night when Tom Robinson was locked up in jail, a mob, composed of those who you would consider good people and model citizens, attempted to lynch him. If it weren't for Atticus Finch, Scout Finch's father and Tom's defense attorney, and his brave act of sitting in front of the jail doors to try and protect Tom Robinson from the mass of people who were in pursuit of him, and Scout's unknown wisdom infused words, the flock most likely would have killed Tom. Scout brought to perspective what these people were about to do in relation to their everyday lives. It made them consciously process what they were about to do and how it could affect their lives, and to not just follow the crowd. In my opinion this …show more content…
At the end the verdict of the trial was not guilty, but that was only after the boys had spent ten arduous years in jail. There are many similarities between Tom Robinson's case and the Scottsboro case. One is that in both of the trials there was information presented or witness statements that contradicted other information that was known. In Tom's case some of the contradictions were:
a) they said that Tom had beaten up Mayella's right eye, but in order to do that he would've had to use his left arm which was disabled due to it getting caught in a cotton gin when he was a
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Dobbins answered, "She was wearing women's clothes." Everyone who had followed the case knew that Bates and Price both were wearing overalls. "Are you sure it wasn't overalls or a coat?" Judge Horton asked. "No sir, a dress," Dobbins said." (Linder).
Another similarity is that in both real life and in the book, there is a section on the second floor of the court house reserved for black people only. Furthermore, both juries decide that the accused is guilty of the crime. The all-white jury is in an awkward position. If they acquit a black man, then they are voting to lessen their own power over the black community. However, if they convict the black man, they do so knowing that they're sentencing an innocent man to death. But, nonetheless, the juries choose to convict them. In conclusion, it is my belief that everything Lee wrote about was historically accurate. From the trial, to the way Tom Robinson was treated, to society itself, all of these things were portrayed the way that they would've truly occurred in the 1930's. Harper Lee correctly portrayed a Lynching, how the Jim Crow Laws are integrated into society, and how the trial of an innocent black man
Tom robinson 's trial was similar to scottsboro trial because they were both black and they both got accused of something they did not do. The Great Depression was an influence on the writing of lee’s novel. The Great depression was a worldwide economic failure that took place during the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression was different across
The Emmett Till case and Tom Robinson’s case in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are similar because they both involve unfairness due to racial injustice. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was wrongly accused of raping a white woman and even with jury knowing that he didn’t actually rape her, he was still convicted of the crime. Tom’s lawyer, Atticus Finch had a lot of supporting evidence that proved that Tom did not rape the woman and everyone had just disregarded it because whether he did it or not, they could not let a black win over a white.
Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is seen as a book embedded into the American public school education system with good reasons. To Kill a Mockingbird symbolizes innocence, classism, and racism. We look through all of these statements from an 8 year old girl nicknamed Scout as she grows up during the Great Deppression, When Scout was around 7 years old, a trial shook the little town of Maycomb when a 19 year old girl accused a black man named Tom Robinson of raping her. Being set in the 1930’s when segregation was a prominent factor in America, With little evidence and witnesses Tom Robinson was still found guilty and was sentenced to death by electrocution.
Throughout history, there have been many “witch hunts” that have created mass hysteria. Two of which were called the Salem Witch Trials and the Scottsboro Case. The two trials have many similarities to each other and so have many other trials. The Scottsboro Trials, in summary, was about nine young black men being accused of raping two young white women.
Tom Robinson’s Trail In To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee, Mayella accused Tom Robinson of rape. They go to trial but ran into some problems. I believe Tom Robinson did not get a fair trial. Although Tom got his time to talk, everybody is still against him because of his race.
The Scootsboro trials were trails the happened in Scottsboro, Alabama. Nine black boys got into a fight on the train with the white boys and when they got off of the train two white women got off after them and yelled rape. The nine boys were not even on the same cart as those two women, so that means they couldn’t have raped those women. There wasn’t any evidence that they raped the women either. One of the women who yelled rape confessed that they did not even get raped and that they were just trying to save themselves from getting in trouble because they were prostitutes and they weren’t supposed to cross the border, but they did so they decided to yell rape to try and get them in trouble.
Do not get around me! EW! Many people with different races hear this everyday of their life. Sadly every race gets treated differently, and it is terrible we should be equal no matter the race.
Danielle Chi Miss Lafferty HS English - Summer Assignment - C3 July 28, 2014 Literary Questions on To Kill a Mockingbird In chapter 20, Mr. Raymond states that he acts drunk so that it can “give ‘em a reason” (Lee, 268). How do his actions relate to Atticus and his actions? Give examples to assist your claims. Mr. Raymond feigns a drunken demeanor so that Maycomb’s citizens can have a justification for his failed marriage and his divergent opinions (Lee, 267 - 269). While Atticus is criticized for his actions in defending Tom Robinson (Lee, 135 - 138).
Tom Robinson is an example of a mockingbird because he is an innocent citizen, who is being accused of something he did not do, and was not responsible for. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the 1930s, during the great depression. That explains why discrimination and racism had to do with Tom’s accusation. The first piece of evidence that proves that Tom Robinson is the Mockingbird is his innocence.
Tannen was aware of this problem and she asked herself “what style we women could have adopted that would have been unmarked, like the men's. The answer was none. There is no unmarked woman” (Tannen). I agree that there is no unmarked woman. Whatever a woman wears makes her become judged prematurely.
The jury being all white shows discrimination towards other colors of people. Similarly, white people can call black people names and it is treated normally (Lee 3-376). Others being able to call other nationalities names without a little side eye shows unfairness and imbalance between people. Being targeted by your skin color is just one of the lessons the novel teaches
Rebecca was known to be a beautiful woman with long dark hair and wears elegant clothes. She was always noticed when she walking in to the room as if all eyes were on her. The narrator however, is a young twenty one year old who has lighter colored hair and dresses more like a school girl as she stated about herself (pg62). The new Mrs. De Winter normally wears average clothes and blends in with the crowd. In the novel she does end up wearing the same dress Rebecca did for the costume ball but was trick into wearing in by Mrs. Danvers
Injustice The Scottsboro Case shed light on the racial practices expressed in law that made a great impact on the legal system today. The actual victims of the Case did not receive a fair trial due to the color of their skin. The ones who played the victims planned the crime, and their stories made no sense. But like many of the trials during the time it wasn’t based on the actual evidence that was found,or even the defendants ' stories.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Hadrien Olinger Newspaper Article Report on the death of Tom Robinson Maycomb country Tom Robinson, accused of rape People involved in this trial: Atticus Finch, lawyer of Tom Robinson Mayella Violet Ewell (19) - says she got raped Judge Taylor- the judge Mr Gilmer- lawyer of Mayella Ewell Tom Robinson (27)- accused of rape Tom Robinson gets shot dead a few hours after his trial. Had no hope left in him and decided to go for the run. He was accused of raping a white girl.
Emily Callan Due Date: Tuesday, November 4th I am reading the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 281. In this journal I will be predicting and… I predict that Tom Robinson will be convicted of raping Mayella Ewell because of the racism and bias he is facing.