How Does Arthur Radley Symbolize The Trial In To Kill A Mockingbird

Picture this, you live in an isolated town where everyone knows each other and gossip is passed around in a matter of seconds. You're accused of a crime that you didn’t commit, and it's clear that you didn’t commit it. You are found guilty because you belong to a racial group that is segregated. You stand no chance of winning the case because of a biased or racist jury. Similarly, in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, she tells a story about a family in Maycomb County, Alabama, where their dad, Atticus, is appointed to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who is being accused of rape. They are both aware that they don’t stand a chance of winning the case, but he still puts his best effort into defending it. His kids, Scout and Jem, have to face

Arthur Radley is Finch's neighbor who is imprisoned in his house due to foolish mistakes he made as a kid, first by his father and now by his older brother. Arthur Radley is reserved, tends to keep to himself, and is a helpful neighbor to the finches. For example, "Before he went inside the house, he stopped in front of Boo Radley. ‘Thank you for my children, Arthur," he said (Lee, 147). In this quote, Atticus is thanking Arthur Radley for rescuing his kids from getting almost murdered by Bob Ewell. Throughout the town, Arthur Radley is seen as a troubled person based on his childhood mistakes. Moreover, many citizens still tend to judge him based on his past behavior. In reality, he isn’t; he’s a good citizen, and he looks over the Finch kids as if they were his own. He leaves them gifts in the tree, places a blanket over Scout, and even saves them from getting murdered by Bob Ewell. Besides Arthur Radley being a mockingbird, Calpurnia is also a

Calpurnia is the Finch family cook, but in reality, she is way more than that; she is like a mother figure to Scout and Jem. She helps raise the kids when Atticus is at work or away on business, but she is persecuted solely because of her race, especially because at that time segregation was still a big topic. For instance, "Atticus’s voice was even: ‘Alexandra, Calpurnia’s not leaving this house until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn’t have gotten along without her all these years. She’s a faithful member of this family, and you’ll simply have to accept things the way they are.’ " (Lee, 72). In this quote, Aunt Alexandra frustrates Atticus with the motive of wanting him to fire Calpurnia due to the color of her skin. Calpurnia is a black woman raising white kids, so she is always seen as a lower-class person in Aunt Alexandra’s eyes. Atticus holds his ground and advises Aunt Alexandra that he will not be firing Calpurnia because she is the backbone of the family. Since she does a lot for the kids and plays an active role in raising