Compare And Contrast Scottsboro Boys And To Kill A Mockingbird
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“[T]here is one way in this country in which all men are created equal- there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller; the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court” (Lee 233). These are the words uttered by Atticus Finch, an important character in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer, and at this point in the novel, he is trying to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who was accused of raping a white woman. This reflects upon how society was in the 1930’s, when the color of your skin affected your chances of winning a trial. In fact, it is speculated that To Kill a Mockingbird is loosely based off of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, a famous case from this time period. Most of the main characters associated with both trials share similar traits, experiences, and backgrounds.
Before jumping into the comparisons, the story of the Scottsboro Trials is needed to know what is being compared.
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The first similarity is that all of the girls were the supposed "victims" of their own case. Victoria herself "testified that six raped her, and six, Ruby Bates" (Ransdall, "The First Scottsboro Trials"). Mayella also stated that she was the one raped and beaten by Tom before he was caught. The second similarity is that Mayella and Victoria both tried to avoid future conflicts by being inconsistent and evasive. A description of Price 's cross examination stated that she "remained sarcastic, evasive, and venomous. She used her ignorance and poor memory to her advantage and proved to be a difficult witness to corner" (Linder, “The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys”). Similarly, Mayella used her ignorance to her advantage as well as her tendency to cry as a way to win the jury
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how atticus finch, an important character in harper lee's to kill a mockingbird, reflects on how society was in the 1930s, when the color of your skin affected your chances of winning
- Analyzes how the scottsboro trials are a piece of how society treated negroes in the 1930s
- Explains that victoria, ruby, and mayella share personality traits and testimonies, but they also have relatable backgrounds.
- Analyzes how atticus finch, an important character in harper lee's to kill a mockingbird, reflects on how society was in the 1930s, when the color of your skin affected your chances of winning
- Analyzes how the scottsboro trials are a piece of how society treated negroes in the 1930s
- Explains that victoria, ruby, and mayella share personality traits and testimonies, but they also have relatable backgrounds.
- Compares stephen roddy and milo moody, who were incompetent and didn't offer much assistance to the scottsboro boys. samuel leibowitz and atticus share a similar sense of justice.
- Explains that harper lee was trying to illustrate the type of society that southern america was back in the 1930s.
- Analyzes how the scottsboro boys and to kill a mockingbird's tom robinson experience similar problems when facing against the judicial system.
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- Analyzes how mayella is unforgivable for accusing tom robinson to death by lying in court, yet he never blames her for anything.
- Concludes that mayella doesn't want anyone to see what she is going to do because she knows she cannot be seen by others.
- Concludes that mayella should be fully responsible for her actions because she is conscious while deciding to kiss a black man, kills tom robinson by giving false testimony in court, and knows in advance the consequences.
- Analyzes how mayella is unforgivable for accusing tom robinson to death by lying in court, yet he never blames her for anything.
- Concludes that mayella doesn't want anyone to see what she is going to do because she knows she cannot be seen by others.
- Concludes that mayella should be fully responsible for her actions because she is conscious while deciding to kiss a black man, kills tom robinson by giving false testimony in court, and knows in advance the consequences.
- Analyzes how mayella ewell is the true villain in harper lee's award-winning novel to kill a mockingbird.
734 wordsRead More - Art In To Kill A Mockingbirdanalytical essaySimilar to the Tom Robinson case, the Scottsboro boys were falsely accused of rape. Even though there was no evidence provided for the prosecution, they were convicted due to the injustice of the time. Furthermore, there is a relationship between the Emmett Till incident and the novel. In both cases whites went against the law and lynched, or attempted to lynch, the African American and were not punished for it. Finally, the stories are all on common terms in that the conflicts involved white men trying to keep African American males away from white girls, even if the African Americans never actually did anything
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- Analyzes how the novel to kill a mockingbird depicts the idea of oppression, racism, and freedom.
- Analyzes how harper lee connected the ideas of freedom in terms of oppression and racism in to kill a mockingbird.
- Analyzes how maya angelou and paul dunbar's caged bird and sympathy relate to the conflicts of to kill a mockingbird. both poets reference the sadness of oppression and joy of freedom.
- Analyzes how the novel to kill a mockingbird depicts the idea of oppression, racism, and freedom.
- Analyzes how harper lee connected the ideas of freedom in terms of oppression and racism in to kill a mockingbird.
- Analyzes how maya angelou and paul dunbar's caged bird and sympathy relate to the conflicts of to kill a mockingbird. both poets reference the sadness of oppression and joy of freedom.
- Analyzes how the real life stories of emmett till and the scottsboro boys' trial relate to to kill a mockingbird because there is prejudice toward the boys, due to the injustice of the time.
- Concludes that art is a common form of communication used to express people's ideas of life, and this works in accordance with the idea of art being only an imitation.
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