A Time To Kill A Mockingbird Similarities

Stories can have similarities and differences within many parts of the book.In To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill the authors displayed the same themes throughout the movie and book. The author was showing the reader different perspectives on a trial. The message that should come across the reader's mind is “why are the main characters treating the trials differently”. The main characters ( Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance) have a different ways on handling their trial, but they want the same results.

In the two stories the idea of both Atticus and Jake taking a personal risk to stand up for prejudice. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell was putting Atticus in great risk. In A Time to Kill the group “KKK” was putting Jake in risk. In To Kill a Mockingbird Bob was making threats toward Atticus and he spit on him. He also tried to attack his children all throughout this. In A Time to Kill the KKK were making threats over the phone. They also burned a cross on their yard and burned their house down. The main reason they were putting them at risk is

because they didn’t like the beliefs that Jake and Atticus had. They thought that they were doing the right thing by putting the attorneys in danger.
During the trials both defendants got different outcomes.

In A Time to Kill they got the justice that they wanted. Carl Lee Hailey was the one that received the justice. He was pleaded not guilty for the murder of the two guys that raped his daughter. Jake Brigance used the jury against him to find the justice he was seeking. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson did not receive justice in the story. He was pleaded guilty for a crime that wasn’t even committed. As the trial was going on people were trying to get revenge on the other side. They thought getting revenge will have an affect on the results, but little did they know it wouldn’t. Bob getting revenge on Atticus did not change the outcome, because it was the jury’s decision. The “KKK” getting revenge on Jake also didn’t change anything because in the end Jake got the outcome that he wanted. Revenge has no effect on justice in any kind of

circumstance.
Atticus and Jake had very ways on handling the trials. Atticus decided to use logic and visible evidence. By visible evidence I mean he demonstrated that Bob was the one that did and not Tom. Atticus made Bob write words down which showed his strongest arm. He also threw a cup at Tom to see if he would catch it, but he didn’t because his left arm can not move. With Atticus using logic and physical evidence he showed the jury what really happened, even though it didn’t change the plead. Jake used empathy and non-visible evidence. He stood up in front of the jury and told the story, the story of what actually happened that day. Jake went into great detail with it to make the jury feel for Tonya and her family. He had most of the jury crying which he knew he got them where he wanted them. Jake using empathy did change the outcome of the plead which served justice in the town.
The authors displayed the similarities and differences in a way that the reader would understand clearly. They showed personal risk, revenge to justice, and the different strategies in a strategic way. Watching and reading these stories puts a better understanding on how prejudge works and how it can be turned around. Jake brigance and Atticus Finch are two characters that put a different perspective on how to look upon life.