Chattahoochee River
Friday, February 5, 2016
Zariah Brown- Section 3
Woah. That was intense...kind of. It's crazy that this section is probably the most eventful of the whole book yet we all know that the trial is fixed. There was no way that a black man accused of raping a white women would ever get off in a court with a racist judge and a white jury in 1930s in Alabama. Atticus provides substantial evidence for Tom's case, firm enough to where the children are convinced that he won and the black people in the balcony almost believe that Tom is saved, but of course social tendencies and beliefs and "customs" prevail over preservation of justice and innocence in such a case. I'm starting to see that that's a reoccurring theme in TKAM: [involuntary] loss of innocence.
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I just finished reading this section and I too am convinced that the evidence given by Atticus is substantial enough to win the trial. I haven't read any further yet but the way the town seems to be ran I'm going to assume that they don't win the case, I hope I'm wrong though.
ReplyDeleteI think this section also parallels the innocence of a child and that lost of innocence growing up. Although it seems obvious that the trial would be in favor of Tom, the social norms (somewhat oblivious to the children) discourage this innocence as the lowest white man is still better than the highest black man in their eyes. As the kids would get older, I assume they would notice how many more people conform to society than do what's truly best.
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