There are many criteria for dividing good and bad people, but it's certainly not because of the color of the skin, or whether you have a mental illness

Laila 2022-04-21 09:01:17

In the absence of medical evidence, the plaintiff's testimony is full of loopholes, and the defendant's testimony is relatively complete and more convincing than the defendant (although it is not certain whether it is Rashomon, but on the surface, it is indeed the defendant's testimony that is more in line with the actual situation), Defendant Tom Robinson remains convicted of rape by a jury. Careful viewers will find that the jury members were all white, which may be the main reason for the conviction. Because Tom is black. Although Atticus reminded Tom not to give up at the end of the first trial and to have confidence in the appeal, but Tom was desperate, so he escaped and was shot and killed. No one knows whether it was a police officer who was prejudiced against blacks.

Because Atticus defended Tom, the majority of the villagers had a new understanding of the so-called rape case. The plaintiff's father, Ewell, had a grudge against the lawyer, so he stalked and attacked the lawyer's children in revenge. The neighbor's mentally ill son, Bo, found out about this and fought with Ewell, killing Ewell in the fight. Because Bu is mentally ill, he may not be able to cope with the lengthy trial. In order to thank Bo for saving his child, the lawyer intends to defend the matter as his son killed Ewell in self-defense. The mayor may have blamed himself for his prejudice against blacks that led to the final bad outcome. He wanted to protect the brave cloth (and cloth is still white), and planned to define this incident as accidental non-prosecution (psychological activities in the movie I If you can't see it, look at the original).

There are many demarcations between good and bad people, but it's certainly not because of the color of the skin, or whether you have a mental illness. Tom died because of the color of his skin, a robin that was killed. Boo wasn't tried, or he might have been another robin to be killed.

It's a sarcasm that Jem is finally saved by Boo, whom he mocks.

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To Kill a Mockingbird quotes

  • Tom Robinson: I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.

  • [testifying]

    Tom Robinson: Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs.

    [a murmur erupts in the courthouse]

    Tom Robinson: She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it... Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back.

    [Tom shakes his head, re-living the ordeal with his eyes half-closed]

    Tom Robinson: And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.