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Atticus Finch Injustice

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“I do my best to love everyone” are the wise words from Atticus Finch, one of literature’s most beloved upstanders. In Harper Lee’s famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the 1930s in a small town in Alabama, there was a lot of racism. Atticus Finch was a white lawyer who stepped up and defended a black in a time when a black man would not get a fair trial based on the color of his skin. In the segregated South, it was commonplace for blacks not to receive justice in the legal system, and this fact was not only accepted but encouraged in society. It was clear that a fair trial was only for those with fair skin. As a result, Tom Robinson faced tremendous injustice, mainly because of Bob Ewell’s false accusations, but also because of …show more content…

He had a wife and children. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. This accusation was completely false. The dad, Bob Ewell, was a very racist, poor person, so he just accused Tom Robinson because he knew he could win. In the trial, Mayella was acting as if this actually happened. Atticus Finch was the lawyer representing Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson obviously got charged with rape because of the racist judge and jury. He later proceeded to go to jail, and he tried to escape but sadly got shot and …show more content…

Police brutality is also a big problem in America. Police brutality is the act of a police officer attacking an innocent person. Many times, the officers don't even get in trouble. In Alabama in 2017, 39% of the people killed by police were black. In contrast, blacks only made up 26% of the states population. This 13% discrepancy suggests that racism is still a big problem. The big case of George Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was just walking, when George approached him, and Trayvon made a movement, and then George shot him fatality. George got zero days in prison. I think George should have been charged for murder. The government needs to help on locking up officers that shoot innocent

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Leading up to the Civil Rights Movement, the black community was in a constant battle against law enforcement treating them unfair compared to the white community. The Scottsboro Boys and Emmett Till’s cases were one of the many times that the legal system showed to be unfair to blacks. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, the law enforcement and community were very racist against blacks and believed all blacks were criminals. In the story, Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer gets put into a very difficult situation and decides to defend a black man, who went by the name of Tom Robinson.

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Heroes are not invincible, and certainly are not the ones who always win; however, a hero is someone who, despite this, is courageous enough to fight for what is right. Atticus Finch, one of the most inspiring literary characters from the highly acclaimed novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is an example of such. This classic novel is told from the perspective of Scout Finch, Atticus’ daughter, a young girl who lives in the town of Maycomb County, Alabama, in the 1930s, a town where prejudice and discrimination is rife. Rather than succumbing to societal expectations and adopting the extreme animosity held by the other citizens, Atticus views and treats all with the dignity and respect that they are entitled to, guiding his

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In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell. He is well known for being a Christian man, but Mr. Ewell claims he saw him raping his daughter. I believe Tom Robinson is innocent because of the Ewell family history, lack of evidence, and he has a disability that causes a problem with the testimony. The Ewell family is nowhere near perfect. Mr. Bob Ewell is known for his violent actions and words.

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Tom Robinson was introduced as the black man Atticus Finch, our main character, has to defend in the rape case against Mayella Violet Ewell. Atticus Finch is an honorable and very trustworthy man, thats why he was appointed to the case, because everyone knows he will actually try and defend Tom. Mayella is an Ewell and in the city of Maycomb County, Alabama, the Ewells are literally trash. They live in the trashiest area of Maycomb and are dirty. Mayella claimed Tom Robinson raped her.

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For one, Bob Ewell’s family name is low in the social hierarchy. His family isn’t reputable. In addition, he is known to abuse alcohol which causes him to act irrational. Therefore, these factors could lead to Bob Ewell accusing an innocent black man, Tom Robinson of raping his daughter. Meanwhile, the evidence shows that himself was committing these bad crimes to his very own daughter.

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Even with minimal effort, compassion can be something that everyone practices frequently. Despite the friendly society in which humankind lives, the existence of a few hateful outliers cannot be denied. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Mayella Ewell, a white woman, falsely accuses Tom Robinson, a black man, of raping her. Considering the setting, it was commonplace for there to be heavy discrimination directed toward black and mixed individuals, especially when dealing with the law. In the face of hate and lies, Tom Robinson’s lawyer, Atticus Finch, musters up an outstanding argument to prove Tom’s innocence, but in reality, the case was over before it began; racism won out in the end, and the jury proved Tom Robinson guilty of raping

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