The Morality Of A Man Defending Justice

Today’s society is damaged with the results of people doing terrible things to each other. Peoples actions can make or break lives.The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, is about a little girl, her Brother, their Dad, and the negro they all fight to defend. The main character scout and her older brother Jem, get into all sorts of dilemmas in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. As they learn new valuable lessons about life, they also pick up that the small town they grow up in is not as clean and safe as it seems. The father, Atticus Finch is a kind hearted soul who was given the case of Tom Robinson, a negro accused of Raping a white woman. As soon as Atticus was given the case he aimed to defend Tom but a faulty jury made sure it did not happen.To

White people believed to treat them like “trash” and they are influencing their kids to do the same which puts an impact on the community . The white people in Maycomb , Albama believe that black people are “ Filthy Beings” . Tom Robinson is a prime example in this book because , just because he’s an african american he loses the case of raping a white girl by the name of Mayella Ewell . Tom was given an defense attorney , which is Atticus and he was chosen by the judge . The law and system is so messed up that the judge picked a white man to be his attorney . Atticus Finch is a white man who is an experienced lawyer . Atticus is trying his best to win Tom’s case . All of a sudden he immediately loses the case . When the trial was over , Mr . Underwood said “Atticus has used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson , but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case . Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed . “ (241)

Tom Robinson’s character exemplifies the mockingbird because he is a black man who is denied justice based on racial prejudice. After Mayella Ewell accuses Tom of rape, there is no way for him to be judged fairly because the narrow-minded, white townspeople are unable to get past their prejudices towards blacks. At his trial, Tom’s lawyer, Atticus, argues,

Atticus is a mockingbird for the Maycomb society. He has the correct attitude towards different races. In Tom Robinson’s case, he provides strong arguments Tom’s accusation and proves that Tom Robinson did not rape and harm Mayella Ewell. Even though Atticus failed to restore Tom back to Tom’s family due to racial discrimination existed commonly in Maycomb in 1930s, Atticus leads the society to take the first small step in the right direction in the battle against racial discrimination, according to the quote stated by Miss Maudie, “Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t

Atticus is appointed to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. She is a member of the Ewell family, who is looked down upon by Maycomb society and referred to as "white trash." Atticus knows that Tom has almost no chance because he is black and will be tried by an all white jury. Nevertheless, he wants to help him reveal the truth.

As Lemony Snicket wrote in The Blank Book, “People don’t always get what they deserve in this world.” 1930s America was fraught with racism, especially in the southern states. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a Negro man by the name of Tom Robinson was put on trial. Although he was not guilty, the jury convicted him because of the colour of his skin. During the trial, others showed injustice towards Tom and people that were on his side. As Tom’s lawyer, Atticus Finch was not admired by many of the white citizens of Maycomb, the town in which the novel takes place. Although Atticus and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) were white, they were still treated unjustly as a result of helping and supporting Tom Robinson. Scout, Atticus’

Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill A MockingBird, builds an argument on how the jury in Maycomb court can acquit Tom Robinson, an African American who is the defendant in the court case; he has been accused of raping a white woman. She builds an argument through the character of Atticus. Maycomb is a town with racism and Atticus, a lawyer from Maycomb, defends Tom Robinson in the court. Harper Lee uses convincing elements, clear facts, and she arouses negative feelings from jury to support her argument.

The story starts out in the rural Alabama town of Maycomb and focuses on the finch family. Atticus Finch,

Lawyering can be really difficult and requires a lot of patience when fighting for someone’s life on the line even though they didn’t crime. In the story, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee conveys the theme of equal rights when Atticus Finch fights for Tom Robinson allegedly “raping” Mayella Ewell. In his final speech to the jury, Atticus applies ethos, pathos, and logos in order to collide with the jury for Tom allegedly raping Mayella because of his ethnicity(black).

In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Everybody in Maycomb in against him and the only spark of hope that this man has is Atticus, but was it worth it? The author of this book is Harper Lee and it is written in Scout’s perspective. Scout is Atticus’s daughter who narrates a court case in which Tom Robinson is accused by the Ewell’s of beating and raping Mayella, the oldest daughter of the family. Atticus has many reasons of why not to defend Tom Robinson but his reasons for doing it outweigh them.

The story line of To Kill a Mockingbird unfolds with Atticus’s representation of Tom Robinson. Robinson has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. While he is assigned by the judge to be the public defender, Atticus earns the townspeople’s displeasure because he is determined to defend him to the best

Tom Robinson, an african american man is persecuted for the rape of Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch, a lawyer and the father of main characters Jem and Scout, defends Tom. Atticus is one of the only people in Maycomb who believes Tom Robinson is innocent. Many examples of evidence are presented to the jury that makes Tom Robinson clearly innocent. The only reason the jury names Tom guilty is because

Tom Robinson is a young, disabled Negro who is charged with the rape of Mayella Ewell. He currently has a wife and three children at home and works in the field of one of Maycomb’s residents. He is a respectable, humble, kind person whom was trying to help Mayella because no one else would. His strong sense of manners and good heart are the reasons he helped Mayella with her chores. Atticus knows that Tom is innocent which is why he is defending Tom in court. After Mayella Ewell makes the charge of rape, Tom's verdict comes not from facts, but from the stereotypes that concerned every resident of Maycomb. They did not take the time to know Tom, but feared and hated him unethically. Tom is a representation of a mockingbird in the story because

Small town Maycomb is in depression which makes it even harder on the people who live there. Harper Lee shows the troubles that Maycomb faces in it’s little town involving racism, poverty, and domestic violence spreading it all throughout the book. Consequences, with the town’s people like Atticus Finch a privileged man helping a black man causing racism, and getting Young Scout and Jem Finch caught up in the “usual disease” Tom Robinson a black man in poverty for the rape of Mayella Ewell the poorest family in Maycomb for domestic violence bringing the negro’s together to have respect for Atticus. Bringing tempers and chaos to the town’s people all over Maycomb.

Harper Lee's ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ explores the prejudicial issues which plague over the town Maycomb. Harper Lee uses the trial of Tom Robinson a black man accused of rape on a young white girl, Mayella as a central theme to portray the prominence of racial discrimination in Maycomb. The racial prejudice is also widely shown through the characterisation of Atticus. Having Scout as the narrator allows Harper Lee to highlight the gender inequity through a youthful unbiased perspective. The chauvinistic attitudes and prejudiced views of most of the town’s folk leaves Maycombs social hierarchy in an unfair order, victimising many of the town’s people due to their socially non-conforming habits some ‘socially unaccepted people’ including Boo