Boo Radley Trial

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, is considered a classic novel. In a little town called Maycomb, Alabama, Scout Finch and her brother Jem live with their widowed father, Atticus Finch. During the great depression, by trade, he is a lawyer, and their family is well off compared to the rest of the town. Scout and Jim befriend a boy named Dill, and that is where the adventures begin. Down the street, there is a house where a mysterious man lives and the children instantly become fascinated with the man. Boo Radley is rumored to have never set foot outside of the house. The following fall, Scout beings to attend school, despises it. Around that same time, she and Jem begin finding trinkets in a knothole, on the Radley property. Atticus teaches

Atticus agrees to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a white woman. Because of Atticus’s decision, the children are now abused by the other students at school. Alexandra, Atticus’s sister, comes to live with the Finches that summer. Atticus provides clear evidence that Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell are lying about the accusations. Mayella was caught by her father when Tom came over and was accused of rape. Bob did this to cover up the shame and guilt Mayella had. Atticus even had evidence to show Mayella’s bruises are from her father beating her. Even with the evidence proving Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury sent him to jail. Later, Tom tried escaping prison, is shot, and killed. Bob Ewell decides that the judge and Atticus have disrespected him, and demands to take his revenge on them. He endangers Tom Robinson’s widow, tries to break into the judge’s house, and attacks Jem and Scout after a Halloween party. Boo Radley gets in between them, saves the children’s lives, and stabs Ewell during the struggle. Boo carries an injured Jem home. The sheriff insists to save Boo’s life, which is, Ewell tripped on a tree root, falling on his own knife. The end of the novel is Scout finally accepting her father’s advice and becomes sympathetic to Boo’s lifestyle, learning that compassion is stronger than