i. Tom wasn’t only shot 17 times, he was also unjustly ruled guilty before that. Racist southerners were the root in both incidents. ii. Bob Ewell attacked the kids, with a knife, and eve broke one of their arms. The kids had done nothing wrong to him, but he felt prejudice towards them due to the actions of their father.
Being a very white based court room this created much fear among blacks to come out and tell the truth about Till. Later in the case, finally Willy Reid a sharecropper put his life at risk and pointed to Milam and Bryant and accused them of killing Till. Later being smuggled out of Mississippi and having a nervous breakdown, the case overall lead to there was not enough evidence to prove that Milam
The only reason Tom was found guilty, was because he was black and Bob Ewell was white. A white man’s lie always beats a black man’s truth. What happened in the courtroom that day was lack of equality. The black man was treated differently because of the color of his skin, which makes it unfair to Tom. The second example of equality occurs when Tom Robinson was in jail waiting for his appeal.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, in a court trial. The town of Maycomb turns against him due to this. Atticus, furious about the reaction from his town, explains, “…why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand” (Lee 88). Atticus does not have any racial biases, and he does not agree with the views of the majority of the people of Maycomb. Atticus, describing his beliefs to Jem, “…The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be
One man went as far as yelling out the window to leave the woman alone thee proceed to do what he was doing before. I totally disagree with this because I know if I was in this situation I would want someone to help by at least calling the police. One call could save a life and it scares me to know how ignorant people can be in a situation like this. We have to stop going along with what the crowd is doing and do the right thing. This is a typical example of the bystander affect, we see something is wrong but we proceed with what we are doing since no one else is doing anything about it.
The lack of knowledge in Maycomb about the outside world and their opinions about black people ingrains ‘Maycomb’s usual disease’ into their minds as they have no other opinions about black people. This is shown by the crowd’s outrage as they gather to lynch Tom, not knowing that he was innocent, but blinded by ... ... middle of paper ... ...sirable traits to have as they can motivate you through the toughest tasks and drive you to do what should be done instead of abandon your duties. In conclusion, Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird highlights the horrible prejudice and ignorance towards black people in the southern town of Maycomb, but also shows wisdom and compassion as not only desirable but necessary traits to have to withstand the bombardment of pre-conceived ideas from the people surrounding you, and also portrays these qualities as a shield to people around
Social Inequality: To Kill a Mockingbird In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how wrong and cruel social inequality can be, from White man’s decision to do the right thing to the accusation of rape because of a man’s color and to having rumors spread around about a man who has not left his home in seven years. This book takes place in the 1930s which is when it was very common in the South to find Black or Negro men treated as less than White men. Social inequality was extremely common because of the racism between the two and the White people feeling that they were better. It was also very common for small towns such as Maycomb to have everyone know each other and each other’s business. That also made it very capable of having social inequality because of people spreading rumors and giving the illusion to everyone including children that you’re something you are not.
In the story, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the trial of Tom Robinson and it's outcome was viewed very differently by the people of Maycomb. In particular, Atticus's view, the children's views, and the townspeople's views are very different. This has to do with the people's connection to the trial, or their prejudices. Tom Robinson was found guilty of a crime he did not commit, all because of racism. The trial of Tom Robinson pertained to the accusation that Mayella Ewell was raped by a young negro man named Tom Robinson.
“The boy was dead the moment Mayella opened her mouth and screamed. It’s not right, but sometimes we can’t change the minds of white men.” Tom Robinson was innocent and most people know it. Mayella Ewell was obviously coached to lie- she stopped answering questions at one point. Mr. Bob Ewell was a low man who no doubt abused his children. It was obvious that Mr. Ewell beat his daughter, not Tom Robinson.
Racism has been more of a social norm during the Great Depression than as an injustice, specifically the treatment towards African Americans. For example, in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus states, " There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads –they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white