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Monday, February 1, 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird Section 3 (Jonathan Garcia)
To me the trial of Tom Robinson is one of the most important parts of the book, it highlights what Maycomb's is really about, Atticus knows that anything he says that can possibly acquit Tom will fall on deaf ears. Atticus knows that there is no way that the racist jury would ever acquit a black man on charges of rape against a white women. It says a lot about Maycomb's racial standpoint, blacks don't get the same rights as black people. But yet I can't help but feel sorry for Mayella, in her home she has no one to turn to despite her large family, he father beats her, it seem she is injured beyond repair, the author makes a great effort into making Mayella into a victim with her sad background, but still whenever we start to pity her even feel bad for her she gives us another reason to hate her.
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I can agree with Mayella's situation. She may come off as obnoxious during the case, but I can't help but feel that her words are not her own. I'm willing to bet that her father is threatening her to put up some sort of facade.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the trial of Tom Robinson was the key of the section that showed us how the people in Maycomb are so racial towards black people. Atticus being one that is non-racial would have had no chance of helping Tom win the case due to how blacks were seen different and were disliked.
ReplyDeleteI also feel that Robinson's case is one of the rising climaxes in this book. It brings everything together, the community's ideas, and the people themselves. As for Mayella's situation, I see where you're coming from. Do you think she was forced into the situation she is currently in, maybe?
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