Scottsboro Trial And Similarities Between Ala And To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper lee creates a trial similar to the Scottsboro trial in her book To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee was a kid when the trial became popular so it would make sense to mimic the trial. It could have been a way to express her opinion on the unfairness of the trial. Mayella Ewells is similar to Ruby Bates because they both violated the social principle of segregation. Mayella Ewells tempted Tom Robinson by kissing him “She reached up an’ kissed me” Robinson told Atticus Finch when giving his testimony.

Mayella vs. Victoria: To Kill A Mockingbird vs. Scottsboro Trial “He couldn’t get us to the chair fast enough.” Haywood Patterson a young black boy accused of raping two young girls named Victoria Price and Ruby Bates said this during his trial. Patterson said this about the judge of the case he was involved in. This was in the Scottsboro trial where a group of black boys was accused of raping the two young girls Victoria and Ruby. This same topic is brought up in the book To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee when a young lady named Mayella Ewell accuses a black man named Tom Robinson of raping her.

TKAM/Scottsboro- Final Paper Racism has been a major social issue in our modern world. From many years ago to today, there has been discrimination among many. Nine young african american men were accused of rapping 2 white women in 1931 (Scottsboro Boys) and a black man was accused of rape in To Kill a Mockingbird. The men were falsely convicted due to the fact that they were black men and the victims were white women.

Comparing and Contrasting the Trials of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Scottsboro Boys The Great Depression of the 1930s affected every race living in the United States but no race was hit harder than the African Americans. Africans Americans were usually the victims of injustices by the hands of white people. In courtrooms race was valued more than evidence when giving a verdict for an African America. This is similar to the fictional trial of Tom Robinson in Harper Lee’s

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is set in the fictional town of Maycomb in Southern Alabama and is based upon Harper Lee’s real hometown of Monroeville in 1930’s America which was a very racist area at this time. Harper Lee successfully creates many tense settings throughout the novel including; The ‘Mad-dog’ incident and the Radley’s place , however I have chosen two other incidents where Harper Lee has successfully created a tense setting. The first incident i have chosen is Atticus confronting the Lynch mob who come to take Tom from Maycomb’s county jailhouse, the jailhouse is said to be “starkly out of place” and is described like a “victorian privy” and a “gothic joke” this helps to create a tense setting because

There have been many rivalries over the years between Blacks and Whites. With white people acting as if they were superior to black people simply because of their skin color, and with white people treating black people as animals rather than human. They could have just used the zombie drug, it worked just fine. Humans in general have a tendency to segregate themselves from each other, whether it be skin color, the type of music they like to listen to, intelligence, or anything else, there is no excusable reason to force people to segregate. The Scottsboro trials challenged every known thought of black men and boys back in that time, and the impact it left was legendary.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the story is set in the 1900’s, Maycomb, Alabama. During this time there was racism in the south and segregation which separated the whites and blacks from everything. There was also the Great Depression, the whole country was poor and people living in the country had to trade and do other jobs for people to either pay them off or to buy something from them. The trial in this book is about Mayella and Bob Ewell, two white people, claiming and arguing that Tom Robinson, a black person, raped Mayella Ewell. This trial is really important because at that time in the south, white people took advantage of black people and their kindness and thought they would take that or shut up just because they were black.

This is proof that Scout looks up to Jem and if Jem were to act afraid then Scout would also be afraid. From this, we can infer that Jem has to act like he is not afraid in order to give Scout a sense of security. Based on these examples, we can conclude that at this point in the story, Jem is now twelve years old and is trying to become more like his father who seems to not be afraid of anything. Jem is trying to become his best self and prove that he is growing

Scout has experienced loss of innocence when she realized the happenings that surrounded her, especially in the case of Tom Robinson 's issue. She learned more about the discriminatory fact in the society when the people in the community

Jem tries to hide himself from reality but Atticus explains to Jem about the violence and how he should stand up against it, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” to teach Jem that you don’t hold courage with violence only, but to teach him that he can have courage even without having to think of or use violence as a way to have courage (Lee 112). Atticus is trying to prepare Jem for the worst when the time comes to defend Tom Robinson who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell and when people will start discriminating Atticus and people around him for defending a black man. After the results of the trial, with Ewell winning the case making Tom Robinson guilty, “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd.”

The Scottsboro Boys Case and To Kill a Mockingbird were cases of the injustice of black men. Harper Lee was trying to point out that a person 's skin color or race does not justify the actions they done, that anyone who practices prejudice is foolish. That prejudice is an actual reality that a person experiences first hand and hurts others in the process. Like Harper Lee with her father being a lawyer she must’ve experienced it first hand. These stories teach us that you shouldn’t judge a person by their race.

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird we learn about how Jem’s innocence is broken down from the beginning to the end of the story. These examples are shown throughout the course of the trial and Jem and Scout’s adventures in the book. One example of his innocence being broken down is when we learn Tom Robinson is convicted of rape even though all the evidence showed that Mr. Ewell had abused Mayella and convicted Tom for revenge. In chapter 21 Scout even points out how Jem was offended by how the trial ended, “Judge Taylor was polling the jury: "Guilty... guilty... guilty... guilty..." I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a separate stab between them.”

She also realizes that her father did everything he could to save Tom. My next evidence says “It was Jem's turn to cry. His face streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. “ It ain't right,” He muttered” (284). Jem was very upset when he heard that Tom had been found guilty because he knew Tom was innocent and he felt empathy for him when he was found guilty which is part of why he was crying.

The next example of the theme of innocence is yet another mockingbird Jem. Jem’s innocence is a childish one. Although it can be argued that he is not a mockingbird there are also telltale signs that he is. Jem starts out in the book as a child he views the people of Maycomb as all being naturally good. Textual evidence that supports this is "it 's like being a caterpillar in a cocoon, that 's what it is," he said.

And eventually, after Boo saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell, and she takes him home, Scout realizes that “... Just standing on the Radley front porch was enough (Lee 374),” for her to see through Boo’s eyes. She finally begins to understand Boo and why he acts the way that he does. Ultimately, teaching her that she shouldn’t listen to rumors or judge someone simply because they are different. The town of Maycomb is a perfect setting for To Kill a Mockingbird.