To Kill A Mockingbird Trial Analysis

In the story To Kill a Mockingbird there is a point of no return. The trial. The true nature of the townspeople becomes apparent, in that you see the monster is not going to be hiding in a house, the true monsters are out in the open. The mob’s original intention of going to Maycomb’s jail was to lynch Tom for his alleged crimes. Fortunately, Scout, Jem, and Dill were there to remind them of their human side. Overall, the trial’s verdict is affected by three major factors; racism, lies, and lastly, the insensitivity the townspeople.
From Bob Ewell’s testimony many things can be concluded about the trial and how it displayed major racism. Firstly, Bob’s is racist and a drunk. He is at the bottom of the social pyramid in Maycomb because he was

Mayella is lying in her testimony to hide the fact that her father most likely shouldn’t be taking care of her. Mayella comes in with injuries that she blames on Tom attacking, but everyone in the room knows that her father gets really angry when he’s drinking. Then, when Mayella is asked if her father has ever mistreated her, she hesitates before answering no. The hesitation was clearly noticeable and had to mean something. When asked how Atticus was mocking her, she responds “Long’s he keeps callin’ me ma’am an sayin’ Miss Mayella. I don’t hafta take his sass, I ain’t called upon to take it.” (p. 184)This shows that she hasn’t grown up with much respect around and doesn’t know how to handle being treated properly. For instance, when Mayella was injured, Bob never called a doctor. In addition to that, Mayella clearly doesn’t have a solid story about, showing that she could be making it up as she goes. When describing how Tom attacks her they go over which hand he would’ve used, Tom is asked to stand up. This revealed that Tom is crippled and couldn’t have attacked Mayella the way she said. What’s more is when asked if Tom hit her Mayella responds “"No, I don't recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me." She took her response back quickly. Additionally, Bob and Mayella’s testimonies didn’t match up. Bob never mentioned anything about Mayella’s neck and/or any bruises around the area of her neck. Plus, Bob was

Mr. Raymond was one of the only adults in the trial that was saddened by the injustice occurring. When he saw Scout take Dill out of the courtroom because he was crying, Raymond followed and comforted them. He commented “Things haven’t caught up with one’s instincts yet. Let him get a little older and he won’t get sick and cry. Maybe things’ll strike him as being--not quite right, say but he won’t cry, not when he gets a few years on him.”(Ch. 19). He was essentially stating that adults become desensitized to bad things. Furthermore, the adults seemed more concerned that the children were sitting with blacks, than they were that Jem and Scout were at the trial. Aunt Alexandra ‘nearly fainted’ when she heard they were at the trial, however, she doesn’t prevent them from returning. Calpurnia also muttered “‘shamed of yourselves” several times while she was serving dinner(Ch. 21). Reverend Sykes seemed to be the single adult concerned with the young children being at the trial. He said several times during the trial that it was unfit for them to be there, and he said to Jem “Mr. Jem, this ain’t a polite thing for little ladies to hear…”(Ch. 21) However, he gave them seats during the trial, ensuring their comfort. Moreover, after the verdict was reached the black community reached out to the Finch’s and sent them food in the form of