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The Case Of Atticus Finch In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Should we hire Atticus Finch? The law firm of Duterte is searching for a new lawyer. They deal with various cases, most of them are really serious, therefore they need a person who can handle cases skillfully and seriously. Recently, the family of Ewell reported a black man for assaulting one of their family member, Mayella. Although the verdict was guilty, Atticus showed a remarkable performance on holding the case. Based on the evidence and rhetorical appeals made during the trials, Atticus Finch should be hired by our law firm. Every witness said details that made them believable or not to the juries and audience. Sheriff Heck Tate was the first person to narrate the affair. Sheriff Heck Tate only believed what the Ewells said because he …show more content…

Atticus trick to Bob Ewell worked, “you’re left-handed Mr. Ewell” (237). Judge Taylor and the audience were suspicious. After Atticus asked the witness who had seen Mayella about where was the black eye of Mayella, he finally used the detail to trick Mr. Ewell. Mayella’s black eye was in her right eye, so technically a left-handed person did that to her. The people were listening attentively and it got to the point where they thought that Bob Ewell was the one who beat up Mayella. Atticus made many people believe in his side. Tom was struggling to tell what had Mayella told him “what her papa do to her don’t count” (260). He was scared because people might not believe in him. In this statement people could vision the life of Mayella, she’s lonely, abused and molested, they felt sympathy for her. Tom Robinson said sadly “Mr. Finch if you was a nigger like me, you’d be scared too” (260). He knows the law: colored guy touching a white woman is considered rape. He was trying to get judges understand his position so they could understand how hard it is for him to state what really happened. It touched the inner soul of the juries because that’s how they treat black people in their time. The juries were unsure on which side they would go but Mayella was more important to

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My friends, Heck Tate is a lazy man who poorly investigated Mayella Ewell’s abusement and made two men die for his lazy ways. PARTIES Sheriff Heck Tate is a lazy man. Bob Ewell fetched Sheriff Heck Tate out of his office to go down to the Ewell homestead.

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Atticus Finch’s closing argument in Tom Robinson’s criminal trial attempted to prove that Tom Robinson was innocent of the crime of raping Mayella Ewell, and thus should be found innocent by the jury. Atticus supports his claim by first reviewing the evidence both for and against Tom Robinson's innocence and attempts to disprove the evidence against him; he then demonstrates that he is sympathetic towards Mayella Ewell's circumstances but still holds her accountable despite his pity for her situation; multiple times in the trial he addresses the men of the jury as “gentlemen” in an attempt to elevate their status above that of the Ewells as well as give them the pressure of the responsibility of doing the right thing. Atticus’s purpose is

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Atticus Finch was assigned Tom Robinson’s case because he was the only one that Tom had a chance of getting his life back and getting back to his family. Atticus’s daughter, Scout Finch may have saved Atticus's life and even Tom’s life at the jailhouse. Atticus was at the jailhouse to make sure his defendant wouldn’t be murdered but still gave up after Tom was found guilty at the courthouse the next day when Atticus knew Tom’s case could have been easily appealed. Atticus should have brought more people and fought harder to keep his client from not being found guilty. Atticus accepted being Tom’s lawyer so Tom can be found innocent and he knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but he still gave up when he could have done something when he heard the word guilty come out of John Taylor’s

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Although the court deemed Tom Robinson guilty Atticus uses rhetoric very well to try and convince the all-white jury that Tom Robinson, a black man is innocent. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a small town in Alabama. He believes that every man should be treated equal and fair in a court of law. But the all-white jury does not agree with Atticus. In this time, the 1930’s many people believed that whites were superior to black.

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By using parallelism to strengthen his statements, Atticus’ claims have a superlative significance on the jury and appeal to their decision regarding the preservation of Tom’s

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the most significant themes is unjust decisions are made due to race and social class. For example, a group of men showed up in dusty cars at the Maycomb County jail, where Atticus was late at night. Outside the jail, “in ones and twos, men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights revealed solid shapes moving toward the jail door” (Lee 80). One man asked “he's in there, Mr. Finch?” referring to Tom Robinson (Lee 80).

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The Fair Beliefs of Atticus Finch Would you do something, knowing full well it would put your family in danger, even if it was the right thing? Atticus Finch did this in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” when he was called upon to defend a black man accused of rape. Instead of saying no or just not defending the man at all, he decided to take the scrutiny and face the town he lives in. He believes that when he does this, he will be setting an example for others, and his children.

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Then some people thought that Tom was innocent but the judge decided to make Tom go to prison. In the book it said that Mayella hugged and kissed Tom on the cheek. From this I can infer that Mayella is desperate and can get away with this because Tom Robinson is a black person. This reminds me of a couple southern movies I’ve watched where black people are always the first to suspect because of their color. Tom Robinson on trial for his life said Bob Ewell yelled “whore I’ll kill you” when he saw Mayella kiss Tom from the window.

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Atticus could not live with himself if he failed to give his utmost effort in clearing the accused, Tom Robinson’s, name. The lawyer feels that he has to do it. The people of Maycomb are small minded and hypocritical, Atticus Finch is not. Nothing can be done to make the towns people hear the truth. Tom Robinson, would be a free man, living with his family, if it wasn’t for the people of Maycomb.

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Taking a Stand For Your Beliefs In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, we see many times throughout the book that taking a stand shows real courage. One of these moments is when Atticus Finch takes the Tom Robinson case, where a black man is falsely accused of raping a white woman. now in their time no matter how much evidence says that the black man is innocent he will still be convicted and sent to jail so what will be the point of having a trial right? Well, the black man's lawyer:

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Every day in our lives, heroes are all around us. They may not be what society tells us is a hero, like Superman or Batman. They do not wear fancy costumes or have super powers. But these heroes change the lives of the people around them, for the better. Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird is the charismatic, understanding father of Scout and Jem Finch as well as a hard working lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama.

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“ I waited and waited to see you all come down the sidewalk, and as I waited I thought, Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, we’re making a step-it’s just a baby-step, but it’s a step” (216). Atticus made at least a small impression on the jury even though the case was a lost cause to begin with. With any other lawyer, the jury would not have listened as well, but they

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Her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking. When she tried to put the evidence of her offense away, instead of being honest, she had put a man’s life in danger. However, Mayella is not a criminal. She is simply a woman who carries a heavy burden with no one to support or respect her. Mayella is a victim of abuse and

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Final Essay Outline: Thesis Statement/opening paragraph: In the story To Kill A Mockingbird, discrimination and the act of being prejudice is common among the main characters, on both the receiving and serving end. Certain characters, like Scout and Jeremy Finch, Bob Ewell, and the town folk truly create the main problem and set the theme of the story. For example, when Bob Ewell accuses Atticus Finch of being an african-american lover, because he is defending Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, according to Bob. Boo Radley is accused of being dead by Scout, Jem and Dill.

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In our society, innocent people, known as mockingbirds, experience prejudice in their lives. A/T: In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Background: Tom Robinson is a black person who’s was accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell which he has never done. For this reason, Atticus Finch was appointed to be his lawyer. As a result, Atticus takes a stand for him by approving his case and standing up for him, but Tom was still found guilty.

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