Examples Of Power In To Kill A Mockingbird

After Tom Robinson was charged with raping 19 year old Mayella Ewell, he was taken to court and Atticus had to defend his case. On page 212 of the novel Tom Robinson states that he ran away from Mayella when she had kissed him because he was scared, Atticus asked him why and he said “ Mr Finch, is you were a nigger like me, you’d be scared, too.“ Tom said this because of the society that they lived in where all “Black” people were not to be trusted. Atticus did his best to prove to the jury that Tom Robinson was not guilty for the crime that he was charged for

Tom Robinson enters To Kill a Mockingbird accused of raping Mayella Ewell but leaves To Kill a Mockingbird dead. Atticus Finch the defendant in Tom Robinson’s case and the father of Jem and Scout, did not fail Robinson, Robinson’s family or his own because he tried his best to prove that Tom was not guilty. For example , Miss Ewell explained that the attacker in her testimony, Tom Robinson had force himself on her, began to hold to her by the neck and hit her repeatedly after she asked him to bust up a chiffarobe for her. Heck Tate, the sheriff and witness of the trial had said Mayella only had bruises on both the neck and right side of her face, this now raised a red flag for Atticus. For Robinson to beat Miss Ewell repeatedly on the right side of her face he would have to use his left arm which got caught in a cotton gin years before. The disability that Tom Robinson had created great evidence for Atticus’s defense but didn’t work because of the unjust community they both live in. Maybe it would have worked if the trial was held in a courtroom that is built on justice for all, not just for the white.

If the jury understands what really happened then there is a better chance they will make the right choice. “We don’t know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left.” Atticus says this in hopes of making the jury comprehend that there is no way Tom would have been able to beat Mayella with his left hand because he is crippled and Bob Ewell is left handed. This implies that Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, was the man who beat her. Atticus speaks about how it is evil to think that all negroes are immoral beings and he states “Which, Gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson’s skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you.” The jury for Tom’s trial is incredibly biased and racist and Atticus points out that skin color does not mean anything about a person’s personality or

Even so, Atticus was Tom’s lawyer and he intended to fight for him. Atticus defended Tom to the absolute best of his ability. His evidence was very strong and refuted that of Mayella and her father, Bob. On page 272, Atticus argues that, “[Bob Ewell] did what any God-fearing, persevering, respectable white man would do under the circumstances-- he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, and Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he

Though the black community is sad that Tom Robinson was found guilty they are still faithful that Atticus will protect and defend the black community. Bob Ewell is not happy at all with the way Atticus questioned him and his daughter and the way he defended Tom Robinson. Miss Stephanie says that"this morning Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life"t Jem's reaction to the verdict is that he leaves the courtroom and cries because he didn't think Tom would be guilty and he feels that it is an unfair verdict and he sees the town in an unfair way. I personally thought that this judging was just a way to seem like society was fair by giving a black man a “trial”. However, I think that they were going to say Tom Robinson was guilty either way.

When a dream that consumes one’s desires possess their mind, it can often blind them and not make them realize the truth of how problematic and nearly impossible it is to achieve their goal. A good example of this is the character Beneatha Younger from A Raisin in the Sun. Beneatha is a intellectual black twenty year old woman who attends college dreaming of becoming a doctor. However, this play is taking place in the 1950’s while laws have been made to protect black people there is

To start, I will predict the case verdict of Tom Robinson. There is reasoning why he is guilty, and reasoning why he may not guilty. The first evidence that, he is guilty is that no black man has won a trial against a white person in court during that point in time. During that point in time racism was extremely common. Whites looked down at blacks just because the color of their skin. From their perspective, they were the part of the hierarchy, while the black were considered apart of the lower class. The whites thought that by putting the blacks down it was there from of authority, and showing their power. From that you can see that the chances of Tom, a black man wining a case against a white woman were slim. In addition, is when Mayella testified her story. When she first got up the chair she started to cry, she said it was because of Atticus scaring her.

Tom Robinson’s trial was dictated on skin color and not evidence. Harper Lee shows that, "In our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins." (220) This quote shows how bad it was, right when Tom stepped in the courtroom he was found guilty. Atticus did everything right, but no matter what he said, Tom would always be found guilty on the account of his

When Tom Robinson was convicted of a crime and sent to a trial that he had no chance at winning, he had lost any bit of innocence that he would ever get. In a time where the black community faced constant prejudice and discrimination, it was near impossible for any African American to be let off as innocent for any crime. And the sad part to it is that a lot of the blacks sent to trials and jail weren't even guilty of any crime at all, they were innocent. Tom Robinson was sent to a trial for the rape and beatings of Mayella Ewell. No one believed Tom on his innocence and when Atticus, his lawyer at the case, hands down proved his innocence, he was still going to be convicted as guilty. If it had come down to where they had to sit in front of another jury and do the same thing over and prove his innocence again, he still would probably be convicted as a guilty man. In the end Tom would be sentenced as guilty on not fact, or logic but by wrong prejudice ideas. With the broken judicial system and sideways beliefs of the time Tom Robinson lost any little hope he could ever wish for, he was completely stripped of his innocence.

Power is used for control and many times that a person can have power.Many types of different styles that a person can get power. In the novel How to Kill a Mockingbird, power is controlled by the gender, class, and race that they’re in. Power can get a person to take advantage over someone that has less power than anyone else. Many characters have power, but one character is Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell is a woman that is getting abused at home by her father and he does not want anyone to know so she blames it on a black man named Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell has no power in gender or class, but even though she may have race power, that does not make her more powerful.

In the story of “To Kill a Mocking Bird” class, gender and race are important as power. Power is the amount of control a person has over his or her own life as well as the lives of others. Even though Mayella was powerless over class and gender, she is powerful in her own race. Mayella Ewells is very poor; she “lived behind the town garbage dump….” Her fenced was made from “bits of tree-limbs, broom sticks and tool shafts.”

POWER Power can be displayed in many ways like class, gender and race . It all depends on what kind of person you are and what kind of life you have. An example of power is in the award winning novel To Kill a mocking bird by Harper lee. This novel has many stories in one book. One story is about a women named Mayllea and a man named Tom Robison.

Power? Power is the ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially as a faculty or quality. Many people have power like the President, parents, the law, but not as much power as of what happens in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” This story is about a great trial involving a man named Tom Robinson and a lady name Mayella. The story is based on a trial because the man Tom Robinson was accused of rape and the beating of Mayella. Mayella is going to be powerful and powerless.

In examining the definitions that were provided to us in class, power was defined as “control, money, influence, government, authority, dominance, military, the right vote, a person being able to choose someone else’s status” and said to be “made from the weakness of others.” A good example of power would be if you asked everyone to close their eyes and think of an individual who has true power in the world, or to think of a person with power that they would like to become. White men will probably think of a different type of person than black women. When I envision the general stereotype of ‘power,’ I most likely have a different image in my head than another UNC-Charlotte student of a different race, or of my father who is in the military,

Bob Ewell firmly believes that the death of Tom Robinson was caused by his daughter, Mayella Ewell. “I didn’t wanta harm her, Mr. Finch, an’ I say lemme pass, but just when I say it Mr. Ewell yonder hollered through th’ window.” (221). Tom was suggesting that Bob was yelling at Mayella and not himself. Again in the text it says, “Tom Robinson swallowed again and his eyes widened. “ Some-thin’ not fittin’ to say- not fittin’ for all these folks’n chillun to hear-” (Atticus) “ What did he say Tom? You must tell the jury what he said.” Tom Robinson shut his eyes tight. “ He says you g**d*** w****, i’ll kill ya”” (221) Bob wants everyone to think that he doesn’t harm Mayella in anyway and that Tom did.This shows that Bob Ewell blames his daughters attraction towards a crippled black man. Bob wanted Mayella to only love him, and only want him. Bob does want someone to be blamed for what’s happened to Mayella and he doesn’t want that to be himself even though