To Kill A Mockingbird Essay

The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee begins with Jem's broken arm. The book takes place in Maycomb, a small Southern county in Alabama. The town is segregated and social economic class. This novel is set in 1933 during the great depression, it takes place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama before the civil rights movement. The main characters in the book are Jem, Scout, Atticus, Calpurnia, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Aunt Alexandra. There are 2 main parts of the story, a trial, and a mysterious neighbor. TKAM tells a story of a traumatic event in childhood that interconnects the themes the children learn throughout the story. The trial is against Tom Robinson. His trial shows how injustice and prejudice affect people's perspectives

In the story's beginning, Boo doesn’t come out of the house because he is a recluse and doesn't feel comfortable with other people. The townspeople assume that he’s a monster because he doesn’t come out of the house and doesn’t go to church. At the start of the book Jem and Scout would mess with Boo and try to make him come out of the house. Later, Jem figures out by talking to a neighbor and hearing rumors and stories about Boo. Scout figures out at the end of the book after she matures and is older. She finally realizes that Boo isn’t the monster that people make him out to be, but a rather kind and gentle person who has been misunderstood by the community. Jem and Scout showed their innocence by not understanding someone wanting their personal space and understanding them wanting to be left

She was screaming loudly and fighting to defend herself. He then raped her. Mayella states that Tom Robinson "raped" her and allegedly had bruises all over her face from Tom's attack. She stated the story but it didn’t have much detail. When Tom Robinson was called to the stand he testified that he did not rape Mayella Ewell and that he had only tried to help her with some chores around the house.

The jury deliberated for a long time because some of the members were hesitant to convict Tom Robinson. However, they eventually found him guilty because of the racial prejudices that existed in the town. But in the end, the jury found Tom Robinson guilty because they were influenced by their racial prejudices and because they believed the testimony of the white accusers over that of the black defendant. Nothing mattered at the end because they were not able to see past the color of Tom Robinson's