I knew it would happen. As much as I tried to stay optimistic, to put off my feelings of suspicion to an old man's negativity, I knew that this case would cost me something more than just my reputation in the town and that didn't even really matter. In Maycomb, reputation is a day by day concept. Sure, we have more than enough of our fair share of immovable gossipers, and drama kings and queens looking for a story to spread. But in everyone's own mind, if you did something stupid, immoral, or just mildly humorous or entertaining, it was the talk of the town and you were judged terribly for a few days, a few weeks tops. Then the whispers, and glances faded to conversations over coffee, and deep inside jokes. My reputation didn't bother me one bit. Ever since Judge Taylor assigned me this case, I knew that I was in for a lot of mayhem. I've been asked many times why I agreed. I would like to say that there was a large, selfless, complicated reason of " the greater good", or "protecting humanity," something that my children read about in their folk tales, and bedtime stories, but really it's actually quite simple. Tom Robinson was a hard working father, just like me. He wanted to do his best for himself and his family, just like me. His life had suddenly …show more content…
Halloween night didn't feel any different. Scout and Jem went off together to the pageant at school, but they almost didn't come back. The thought of almost losing them that day scares me to this day. I try to completely balance my duties and attitudes as a lawyer and as a father, and I would like to say that I remained calm and composed that night. But in reality, I was torn. I thought I knew what this case would cost me. My reputation, for at least a few weeks, Scout's innocence, Jem's faith, at least for a while, but I never thought that it would almost cost us our lives. This would sure go down in the Finch's'
In To Kill a Mockingbird, a conflict that connects to the theme innocence should be protected is the death of Tom Robinson. Once found guilty, Tom Robinson was placed in prison. Because of his race, Robinson knew he would be sentenced the death penalty. Soon after being convicted, Robinson tried to escape. He knew that he didn’t deserve to be punished. While trying to escape, he was shot 17 times by p...
Tom said that no matter what happens he would always be with us. Later that night everyone returned home. Rev. Sykes was the first to my house with the results. “ I’m sorry Helen, but the jury found him guilty. He closed his case when he said he felt sorry for Mayella.” At that moment something happened. I felt scared but relieved. Of course I endured deject that the jury found Tom guilty, but now we don’t have to handle the stress about the trial anymore. I thanked the Reverend and started up the stairs to bed. “Helen,” he said “ wait to tell the children.” I did as he said and didn’t tell my children till the next week. I sat all of them down and told them that their father wasn’t coming home for a while. Sam ran outside and into the woods and didn’t come back till supper.He went straight to bed without any food. For the next couple of weeks many of the neighbors came over. Mr.Link Dease offered me a job . One dreadful night Mr.Atticus Finch came over to the house. He told us the guards shot Tom to death. “ He lost all hope. Made a run for it, but the guards shot him before he could get away.” I don’t know what happened right then, but what I do know is that I will never see Tom again. Mr. Ewell came by after Atticus left and said he wasn’t sorry. The next morning a cloud of confusion and dismal co the whole
At first, I heard some muffled noises, like people running. I didn’t pay much attention until I heard a boy, a tired and young voice, scream, “Run, Scout, Run!” Then, with adrenaline rushing, I looked out the grimy window to see a large drunken man, holding a switchblade, attacking two small children, whom I recognized as Jem and Scout Finch. I could only guess it was Scout as she was hidden by a ham costume and could barely move. Acting on a protective instinct, I rushed to the aid of the children in peril, grabbing a knife on the way out. I paused. I have been in my house for centuries. Maycomb didn’t think highly of me. Being involved in a knife fight would not improve my reputation, but I had to put my anxieties aside to save lives. Years
Have you ever read the book To KIll a Mockingbird by Harper Lee? The book took place in the 1930’s. It’s about a family from Maycomb County and the dad (Atticus) is defending a black man (Tom Robinson). It is important for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson even though it puts himself and his family in danger.
Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, we are presented with various representations of stereotypes involving numerous characters of all ages. Due to specific encounters, we are faced with repeated stereotypical situations. For example, Walter Cunningham is a poor, misunderstood boy who comes from an underestimated family name. Along with the main character Scout, who narrates the story from a young age and finds herself constantly reminded to be the lady she is not. In like manner, Tom Robinson is familiar with the ways of Maycomb, Alabama who easily loses hope with his case of an alleged rape. Walter, Scout and Tom all validate as victims of stereotyping, but from the goodwill within and taking the time to understand someone beforehand,
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Do you sometimes wonder what we would be if you had to go back in time and had to play baseball? Maybe if baseball player from back then have to come at this time. what would you think would be the difference from then and now. Well i'm going to tell you what it would be if you were in the past and wanted to play baseball.well i'm going to tell you about the struggles of Jackie Robinson and Daisy Junior while they were playing baseball back then.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus has the quality of integrity that he always tries his best to do everything he thinks it’s just. In the book, Atticus defends Tom Robinson that is against the whole society. Since he says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” Even though Atticus is against the whole society and may not win the case, he still try his best to support the things he thinks they are just and right. People may disagree with Atticus’s actions, but it surely makes sense that Atticus is devoted to fight for inequality between blacks and whites. There is no doubt that it makes sense for Atticus to take a stand to defend Tom Robinson.
I had been sitting in the shadows of the woods, staring at Atticus Finch’s house, trying to think of ways to punish him. I wanted to humiliate him, no, I wanted more than that, I wanted to make him suffer for the way he embarrassed me in front of the whole town. The problem was I didn’t know how to. I was not satisfied with any of the ideas I had come up with so far, and I was about to give up, but then I heard the sound of two Finch brats walking towards me.
Of the 58,148 killed in Vietnam, sixty-one percent were under the age of 21. Mark Wright had just turned 20 the day he was killed. A land mine turned his beautiful face into a mess of brain matter and skull fragments and his once strong body into nothing but indiscernible pieces. I watched him die the first week we got to Vietnam. He was my best friend. We grew up together, went to school together, we went to war together, and we almost died together. Religion and superstition weren't really my thing until I was drafted. I found God in those short days before I left. Day in and day out I prayed. I prayed for me, I prayed for Mark, I prayed for anything to stop that God forsaken war before I had any participation in it. My research hadn’t
No one has figured out how I was involved in Laura's death. It's 10:51 pm as I try to fall asleep while the image of the night Laura died keeps entering my mind. After two weeks, they still believe she hitchhiked out of town. The reality of the situation hasn’t hit me yet. My sister killed herself. Watching Laura hang herself was like watching a car crash. I couldn’t look away, but at the same time, I felt paralysed.
Tom Robinson is an apparent victim of discrimination against those who are black. For example, Tom is falsely accuse of rape because he is put in front of a prejudice jury, “The one place where a men ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury boy. ” (295) Atticus explains the unfairness that juries have in a courtroom especially since it is a white man’s word against a black man’s. During trials, juries must always be fair and make their decisions based on the facts given. The facts in Tom’s trial all show that Tom is innocent, but because of the great amount of discrimination, it is embedded in people’s mind that all blacks are dangerous people and they should be put away. However, the truth is that any person can be dangerous or deceiving not just those who are black, “You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around ...
Atticus had been sure of their limits, but even they broke down sometimes : Jem said softly, “She said you lawed for niggers and trash.”(103) Mrs. Dubose had been going through a lot, but Jem hadn’t known what she had gone through and had unknowingly destroyed her lawn. But she wasn’t the only one. Many traditional folks didn’t want a white man fighting for a black man. These people targeted the things Atticus loved the most : his children. But even the bad occasion with Mrs. Dubose became a priceless lesson for Atticus’s children. Jem learned that sometimes you had to fight against people or even yourself to gain the freedom you want. Mrs. Dubose had gone through such a fight and had been victorious at the end. In many situations Jem and Scout showed courage and understanding, which led Atticus to take on Tom’s
Journal 4 Due date: Tuesday 24th Saylor Voss To Kill a Mockingbird. I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. This book is about two kids, Jem and Scout. They are brothers and sisters.