In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” , and the movie “A time to kill” by John Grisham , the main characters Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance both do their best to persuade their jurys to side with their arguments. Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance both use pathos in their closing arguments as their main source of persuasion and use pathos very effectively and in ways that really caused the jury to feel and think about the case differently. In Atticus's closing argument he utilizes pathos by using emotion to build pity for Mayella Ewell. “ She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white” (Atticus). Atticus explains how yet he feels bad for Mayella and believes she is a victim of abuse; he still can't pity