Examples Of Justice In To Kill A Mockingbird

To conclude the novel, “to Kill A Mockingbird”. Despite being published decades ago, still portray various social injustices that occur in today's society. In the novel the black community is treated unfair, as if they are worthless and inhuman. This also happens in the u.s however, not only people of the black community are being target but people of other dark skin races are as wel. Some people cannot afford a lawyer and some aren't granted a fair trial and sometime will get no trial. This happens in the court scene involving tom robinson, even though he had evidence that proved his innocence he was still found guilty all because of his skin color. But the true injustice is the fact that there are laws that are supposed to prevent this unfair judgment in courts but

Mayella Ewell falsely accused Tom Robinson of rape when there was no evidence against Tom. Harper Lee compares this to real life with the Scottsboro Case. The case is about how nine young black men were riding a train when two deputies pressured two white women to falsely accuse the black men of rape. The accusation led eight of the black men to death while one was in prison for life. Tom Robinson was killed due to Tom being ‘guilty’.

For him, like many other real-life Negroes in American history, the principles underpinning political, social and criminal justice failed. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus’ belief that, “in our courts all men are created equal,” ( p. 209) makes a complete mockery of the judicial system.

In the beginning of the novel, Scout’s belief of justice is immature. When Scout stood up for Walter about his lunch situation she got in trouble, this lead her to “catching Walter” and “rubbing his nose in the dirt.” Scout’s concept is proven here to be immature due to her fighting to settle her situations that have turned for the worst. Normally, when disastrous situations have arose they are solved in a justful manner, not by fighting individuals in an immature manner.

Introduction: In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character Atticus embarks on a journey with the sole intention of finding justice in their society. So far, things were utterly dull: nobody had thundered, there were no arguments between opposing counsel, there was no drama; a grave disappointment to all present, it seemed. I. Atticus desires a fair and civil trial for his client.

What would stop you from executing justice? Laziness? Biased? Judgement? Atticus had to make this very decision, would he pursue justice considering he might loose his respect from the people of Maycomb?

Throughout the world there are many examples of racism, from bullying in school to White Sepremacy organizations against colored races. In the past racism against African-Americans was not questioned or doubted because racism was the norm. In To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee a character by the name of Tom Robinson never receives justice because he was accused unlawfully with a racist jury and just being a black man is already a disadvantage which will be clearly shown why. Another reason why justice was not served was because he was killed without having a retrial. Although the man who couldn't admit his daughter fell in love with an African American was killed, justice for Tom Robinson is never served.

He believes that Tom did not commit the crime he was accused of, but he also is aware of the discrimination that surrounds him. “I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a coloured man over a white man…” (6. Lee, Harper) The Reverend can see that there is clear discrimination against Tom and the jury is made up of some of those racist people but no matter who was in the jury in the 1930’s, they would have had an

The jury will take a white mans word over a black mans. Because of the courts prejudicial beliefs everything Tom says is scrutinized. ‘“You're a mighty good fellow, it seems—did all this for not one penny?’ ‘Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest of 'em’ ‘You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?"

Justice ‘’is the quality of being just, impartial, or fair’’ and/or the ‘’maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment’’ according to the official Merriam Webster Dictionary. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is constraining narrative of the failure to serve justice in our justice system, where justice was not served due to the evils and wrongs of racial and social prejudice. Set in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s, there was a great deal of racial inequity, especially in this deep south region of the U.S. The white townsfolk collude to convict an innocent and kind hearted black man, Tom Robinson, of rape against Mayella Ewell, and allow a guilty white man, Bob Ewell, slip from justice, all based on their prejudices and biased morality.

Think of justice as a religion some people believe in it, some people don’t. If we have such ‘great’ power, why do we use for bad things? Why exactly is justice so important. Well maybe it’s the fact that it inspires kids when superheroes fight for justice, or maybe its just people believe in it because saves others from certain death. Nowadays, justice is what most people fight for, such as policemen or lawyers.

The themes of justice and fairness are coherent in the text “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Justice and fairness play a significant role in how the story progresses and what eventually proceeds to the end of the book. In the text, Atticus Finch lives in Maycomb, Alabama with his two kids Scout and Jem. The premise is based on the fact that Atticus is a lawyer and is defending an African American man named Thomas Robinson who was accused of raping a young woman. A conclusion can be made at the end of the text that despite the unwavering dedication of Atticus Finch, the absence of evidence, and a moving courtroom speech, Thomas Robinson is consequently convicted of a crime he did not commit. Racism and prejudice plays a big factor in this due to the era in which the characters were living in. Due to this, fairness and righteousness (justice) are incoherent and the jury’s ruling causes both advocates of Robinson’s conviction and those who supported his claim of innocence to question their notions of justice and fairness. As if a false conviction is not sufficient, Mr. Robinson is thus killed and justice and fairness altogether seem quite inadequate. Harper Lee of “To Kill a Mockingbird” depicts these concepts of liberty to be violated throughout the text.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a very revered book for students and adults alike. The book shows plenty of teachings, one such is justice. There are many cases of the novel that the main thought was about justice. In one such case at the very end of the novel is where I believe is the most obvious and blunt case of justice shows itself to the readers. It consists of Boo Radley and his actions against Bob Ewell to save the children that have a purposeful and incidental meaning to serve justice.

Tom Robinson was accused of rape by the Ewell family even though he was innocent towns folks and people around the city were against Mr.Robinson from the start he never had a shot or chance at a fair trial at all. Due to the color of his skin and race was a big reason why a fair trial was denied and not given to him, through the trial Mr.Robinson was only able to speak once to provide his side of the story while other participants went back and forth. Through the course of the story Tom Robinson was talked bad about and there was always something negative when someone brought him up unfortunately he was known around town as a rapist and was sentenced to death. Everyone in the town every reader reading the book knew Tom Robinson was an innocent man who was put in a bad situation sadly it came down to a death sentence for Tom Robinson and there was nothing he could do about it, it was a white mans word against a black mans and a white man wins that battle everytime back in those

Even after her story was disproven, Tom was found guilty, largely due to the fact that his jury was comprised of white farmers and not of his peers. According to Scout