Similarities Between Atticus Finch And To Kill A Mockingbird

From the beginning to the end in the story to kill a mocking bird and the movie a time to kill, it was clear that there were many acts of discriminttion being shown toword the coloured pople. In the book to kill a miociking bird there was a man named Tom Robinson who was being falselyq accused of rapping Mayella Ewell who was the daughter of Bob Ewell. Attics Finch was the brave lawyer who went aggianst the scoail norm and took on the intensely diffrcit task of defending and proving that Tom Robinsion was incoecent. There was a very similar situation in the movie a time to kill, where two white men raped Carl Lee Hailyes’s daughter. This made Carl furious he made it his duty to try and kill them himself while they were on the way to trial.

Jake Brigance used a different aprrovch then many would during his final speech or statement to the audience or jury. “Now I wanna tell you a story. I'm gonna ask ya'all to close your eyes while I tell you this story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves.” Jake Brigance took the apporch of being more visual as you can see from this quote he asked the audience and jury to close their eyes and imagine this story withoiut knowing the colour of the victums skin. Jake Brigance unlike most used the power of imagination to prove the justification of Carl and his innconce. Attics Finch final speech or statement to the jury was more about the facts and eveindce he had given the jury, the amount of eviendce he ha dgiven it was celar cut that Tom Robinsion was inncocent. “it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond all reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant”. This quote shows that Attics was asking the jury to just look at the sffuicent evidence he has shown in the court case. Both speeches were very well said and showed the audience the harsh discrimination around coulered skin

Both speeches showed how horrible cloured people or more specifically black man were looked upon back in the day. “She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man”. This quote that was stated by Attics Finch shows how horrible black people were treated back in the day because just because a white female kissed a balck man it was seen as socially unspeakable and an embarrassment throughout the community. “I set out to prove a black man could receive a fair trial in the south, that we are all equal in the eyes of the law”. This quote that was stated by Jake Brigance shows how horribly black people were treated because it showed just how horribly the law treated them, and it showed that they were never given fair tirals ven though they were inicent, just because they were not seen equal to white people in the eyes of the law. Both speeches drew comparsions to each other becacuse they both were used in both lawyers final argument to prove their client innconcence”. This quote said by Attics Finch proved Tom Robinson inncoencen beacause he is compelty crippled on his left side. “Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl. Now imagine she's white.”. This quote said by Jake Brigance shows Carl actions were justified and his innocence. Carl is being actions are being justified by this quote because