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To Kill a Mockingbird is told through the eyes of six year old, Scout, an aggressive young girl who lives in a small Alabama town with her older brother, Jem and father, Atticus Finch. A black man named Tom Robinson was arrested and accused of raping a white women Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is selected to defend Tom Robinson. The town was awaiting an easy speedy trial while some men wanted to take action into their own hands and break Tom Robinson out of jail and hang him. The Sheriff in town heard word of what was going to happen and told Atticus; Atticus went down to the jail with a book and chair to guard Tom. When the trail started, Tom Robinson looked guilty. Bob Ewell, the victim’s father, testifies that when he arrived home he saw Tom leaving through the side door with Mayella beaten up on the floor. After Bob, Mayella testified that Tom came up behind her, grabbed her and hit her. Atticus tells Tom to catch something in his left hand but Tom cannot because he was injured in an accident when he was 12. The bruises on Mayella would be on her left side not the right, Atticus pointed out. Despite all the evidence Tom Robinson was convicted. While Tom was being transported for safekeeping he tried to escape and was shot right on the spot. I chose this film because the storyline faces problems we still face in this era, our morals and gut feeling between right and wrong. People are still wrongfully convicted to this day. Tom Robinson was judged by the color of his skin not his actions. “To Kill a Mockingbird addresses themes such as integrity, an abiding code of honor and justice, good and evil, compassion, courage, racial prejudices, the death of innocence, tragedy, and coming of age” (Abbasi 2008).
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...stress on Atticus but his children as well. They felt as if they had to protect their father, for an example, from the mob trying to take matters into their own hands. The climax of the film is the trial of Tom Robinson and the false testimony of Mayella and Bob Ewell. The falling action is when Tom tried to escape jail and was shot multiple times by the police. As well as, Atticus children being attacked by Bob Ewell. The denouement or conclusion is when the conflicts are resolved, which is Tom Robinson and Bob Ewells death.
The most touching part of the film is that instead of criticizing Atticus for losing the trail, the black community showered him with food, as a gesture of their appreciation for taking the case with pride and defending Tom. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very enlightening movie and faces real world problems that we still face in today’s society.

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