In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee and the short story, “Only the Accused were Innocent”, by David Oshinsky, have many similarities. Two of these similarities that were important were that both judges were obviously disagreed or were troubled by the verdict and that both of the ladies that accused these men of raped to hide there own guilt. In the article “Only the Accused Were Innocent”,when the jury of the scottsboro trial had made their decision on the verdict the judge seemed to disagree with it, “But Horton, a wealthy landowner with deep antebellum roots in Alabama, was clearly troubled by the case”(Oshinsky). In “To Kill A Mockingbird” when judge Taylor finds out the verdict, he seems confused, “Judge Taylor was something.
Inherit the Wind: Granting the Right to be Wrong While the practice of limiting a man’s ideas may now be seen as archaic, Inherit the Wind brings to light this very injustice, prevalent in an era not yet shrouded by time. In this final scene of the play, Drummond poignantly summarizes the beauty of free thought. The following passage highlights the central theme of Inherit the Wind: theological and scientific beliefs can co-exist, on the condition that an individual has the right to believe whatever he or she deems fit: DRUMMOND. Say - you forgot - (But Rachel and Cates are out of earshot.
First of all, John Thomas Scopes and Bertram Cates were the two defendants in both of the trials. Cates and Scopes both broke the law by teaching Darwin’s theory in their classrooms. In Inherit the Wind, Cates turns himself in to bring the big crowd into Hillsboro and to do the right thing for the school. Through both trials, the defendants have tried their hardest to do what was right but were
Scopes Trial What was the Scopes Trial? In the summer of 1925, John Scopes went to trial on grounds of teaching evolution, which was against the law in Dayton, TN. There were many factors involved to make this event so very publicly known.
In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Power can be refer to as the ability to influence or change one’s opinion base on how an individual is being viewed by the human specie. The book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is simply about a girl, Scout, whose life is influenced both positively and negatively as a result of how society was created. In this book there is a side character, Mayella,; and because of her class and gender, she is powerless, but her race makes her powerful. With this in mind, powerless is a result of poverty, the reader can understand how Mayella’s class makes her powerless; she cannot not fit in due to her lack of money and her lack of hygiene and that makes everyone want to avoid her thus, makes her powerless. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town dump the town dump in what was once a Negro cabin….(Document
Writing about the prejudiced Alabamian town of Maycomb, Harper Lee sets a scene of poverty and failed education through the lens of Scout Finch, daughter of a knowledgeable lawyer, Atticus Finch. She is participating in a trial that debates racism through accused rape; Atticus must defend a black man within the confines of a biased racial case, whilst believing in equality. Atticus’ contrasting beliefs create a differing clause amongst a town in the 1930’s. Surrounded by a struggling Great Depression and failed literacy, Atticus must convince Maycomb’s farmer jury to defend Tom Robinson, the accused. Though Atticus Finch appeals through logic to persuade a new concept of equity, by quoting a credible source to a jury of uneducated white men,
In the beginning of, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is very small ant very knowledgeable about things Scout doesn’t even pay attention to what’s happening in Maycomb county. She doesn’t know that practically everyone hates each other. “When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em” (Lee 9).
Josh is a boy that has seen or felt more than a boy his age should see or feel, like starvation and living off so little. No Promise In The Wind is a book that was written by Irene Hunt, this is a book about Josh and Joey leaving Chicago and trying to make a living somewhere else. They have cheated death, but they still managed to get jobs for both of themselves and stayed alive. The topic of my essay is that in this book, many characters are influential but one sticks out the most. Josh Growdowski is most influenced by Lonnie because Lonnie gave josh and joey a long ride to get josh a job, he cared for them, fed them, and helped josh when he was very sick.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Written by Harper Lee, Atticus believes Maycomb is unjust because he is someone who strongly believes in Justice/equal rights. Which is shown when Mr. Heck Tate shows up at Atticus’s door, Scout tells Atticus about how people think he’s wrong and, when Atticus talks about “Maycomb’s disease.” For my first piece of evidence, Atticus is telling Mr. Link Deas about the Tom Robinson case. “Link that boy might go to the chair, but he’s not going till the truth’s told.” Atticus’s voice was even.
¨The Way of the Wind¨ Mr Tolbert English Honors 10 Period 4 ¨The Way of The Wind: Main Character Personality Analyzation¨ Gideons narcissitic personality was largely influenced by his childhood, in which he received emotional neglect from his father, giving him attention and validition seeking traits to compensate; these resulting factors led to being unable to process his brother (Zaki) receiving more attention than he ever received, causing him to commit suicide to appear as a hero. Gideon was subject to emotional neglect from his father, causing him to almost crave attention and validation. As seen in ¨Shimshon decided to get on with his work and not waste another minute.
When arguing for racial equality, James Farmer Jr. quotes St.Augustine, “An unjust law is no law at all.” He claims that just laws are meant to protect all citizens; whereas, unjust laws that discriminate Negroes are not laws to be followed, thus raising awareness of racial discrimination by using emotional and logical appeals. In The Great Debaters, Henry Lowe appeals to the audience’s emotions during a debate about Negro integration into state universities. To challenge his opponent’s claim that the South isn 't ready to integrate Negroes into universities, he affirms that if change wasn’t forcefully brought upon the South, Negroes would “still be in chains,” which is an allusion to slavery. With this point, he is able to raise awareness of
When fate is brought into question, one thing people often ponder upon is what is the point of no return? There were many times throughout Macbeth by Shakespeare that Macbeth had the opportunity to change his serendipity. If Macbeth would have swallowed his pride when he received the three prophecies from the three witches, what was destined for him could have immensely been altered. Macbeth’s first encounter with the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 was the moment at which his entire world took a turn for the worst. In this scene the witches appear with a clap of thunder and soon stumble upon Macbeth and Banquo.
Throughout the third section of Wuthering Heights the prominent theme of the futility of revenge is developed through Heathcliff 's actions and dialogue. Heathcliff’s main motivation throughout this section of the novel is to complete his revenge by gaining Thrushcross Grange but after he obtains it he states that “I have not written my will yet; and how to leave my property I cannot determine! I wish I could annihilate it from the face of the earth”. (Bronte 289) After doing whatever it took to obtain Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, he no longer cared about the properties that he painstakingly acquired.
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” This is a quote from Atticus Finch, a courageous and wise character from Harper Lee 's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. The story is told through the perspective of a young girl, Jean Louise ¨Scout¨ Finch. She lives with her older brother, Jeremy, and widowed father and prominent lawyer, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama during the time of the Great Depression. Throughout the novel, the children experience the injustice and prejudice of society through a tough case that their father was appointed to and are taught to respect and tolerate all people, despite their differences.
The quote I chose for Jem Finch was, “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. “it ain’t right”, he muttered”. I chose this quote because I thought that it showed that he was obviously very upset about the turn out of the trial and he also knew what happened to Tom Robinson was unfair and cruel. Jem was critically affected by trial because he is older and he understands the severity of Atticus and Bob Ewell’s actions.
