To Kill A Mockingbird Justice Quotes

The Defence of Justice

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe once said, “Courage is the commitment to begin without the guarantee of success.” In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus the father of Scout and Jem, tries to instill in his children the message of the quote: that you must always try to do what is right even if the odds are against you. The novel is set in small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s during a racist and segregated time. So in To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus’ character displays such courage when he is appointed to be Tom Robinsons’ defendant who was an african american man accussed of raping a white female, Mayella Ewell; but because it is considered a social crime to represent a black man in a court of law Atticus

There are many life lessons displayed and discussed throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the most prominent themes discussed is that one needs to have courage through the toughest of times; Harper Lee also attacks the definition of justice and displays the unfairness in a

In To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson, an african american, is accused of raping a white female, Mayella Ewell, so when this crime goes to trial and Atticus is appointed to be Tom Robinsons’ defendant he tries his hardest to make sure Tom receives a fair and just trial because, “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box”(Chap 23). So although Atticus makes many strong and compelling arguments in Toms’ defense and in the end Tom still ends up receiving a guilty verdict, despite Tom Robinsons' captivating testimony accusing Mayella of being the one who attacked him; and the evidence displayed by Atticus that it would be impossible for Tom to have beat Mayella. Yet even after all that Tom does not receive a fair and just trial because of the racial prejudice in the town. After Tom Robinson dies while waiting for his appeal, that is when Bob Ewell decides that he wishes to get revenge on Atticus so he attacks Scout and Jem; but luckily their neighbor Boo Radley comes to the childrens defense but while defending the children he stabs Bob and Bob dies. So when the Sherif becomes aware of the situation he informs Atticus that he would not be making news of the events that happened that night public knowledge because,"‘I never heard tell that it's