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Scottsboro Trial And Similarities Between Ala And To Kill A Mockingbird

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Hannah Strathmeyer
Mr. Morton
English II
8 April 2016
Essay

While reading To Kill a Mockingbird and the "Report on the Scottsboro, ALA. Case,” The Scottsboro Trial and the trial of Tom Robinson are extremely bias toward Negros; Bob Ewell, Ruby Bates, and Victoria Price show a great amount of being biast in both accounts of reading. Bias is shown throughout both cases, which took place in the same time period which is around the 1930's which effects the authors purpose in both stories. One of the main elements is setting in the trial and book. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper writes her book based on the Scottsboro trial to show her side of how she feels. Both writings are set sometime in the 1930's in Alabama. In the 1930's there was …show more content…

Also, the narrator provides the setting for the story and sets the mood for a quiet and somewhat dull town. This also goes along with the mood for Tom's trail which is very dreary and depressing. In the Scottsboro trial the setting is very uneasy because a lot is happening in Victoria and Ruby's life at that time. Also, it shows that the girls boarded the train in search for work. (page 6) This is significant because the setting changes from northern Alabama to them being on the train where they then accused Negros of rape and assault. The setting in both are very similar but different. In Maycomb, the town is said to be a cute little town and the people are friendly but in Huntsville, Alabama the town is known to be raggedy and the people are rude and aggressive. They are similar because they both have a huge trial going on in their small town. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem says "This is the biggest thing that has happened in Maycomb" which shows that not many interesting things happen. (page …show more content…

Lee's father was a southern lawyer, like Atticus. Lee never liked to play with dolls or anything girly. She was just like Scout and liked to do boy things. The authors purpose is to connect her life with the Scottsboro Trial but most importantly to show innocence and how Jem and Scout lose it as they get older. She is trying to perceive innocence because Scout and Jem are young and had to deal with their father that wasn't home and always had to deal with Tom's case. There are many examples of innocence in To Kill a Mockingbird. One is when Scout and Jem discover that he Atticus can shoot extremely well. This is demonstrated when Atticus shot the dog that was diseased. (chapter 10) Another is when Jem cries when Tom is found guilty. She cries because she knows Tom is innocent. In the novel when Scout and Jem lose their innocence as they grow up and learn about the injustice of being an adult they are faced with problems through the court case and events surrounding it. (page

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