To Kill A Mockingbird Book Report

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The story of To Kill A Mockingbird is about two kids and a dad that lives in Maycomb, Alabama, Scout, Jem and Atticus and they meet a friend Dill the three kids find out the stories of a neighbor named Boo Radley, boo rarely comes out and some aren’t just frightened of Boo but his dad as well but later on in the story and a neighbor, Miss Maudie house burns down and during all of it Boo secretly gives Scout a blanket. Later on in the story Atticus takes Tom Robinson's court case he has been charged with accounts rape and Atticus tries to defend him from the Ewells. But the court case fails the judge convicts Tom though he is obviously innocent and later on in the story Tom decides to run out of prison and he ends up getting shot 17 times. But …show more content…

And they’re here to put to an end to all racial events. They want to change the world because of things that happen to their people for example, the killing of Stephon Clark he was shot 20 times and killed in his own backyard by police officers because they believed he had a weapon in his hand. In reality he had a phone. Now his parents fight for the right to know why they shot him 20 times, why they didn’t shoot him in the arm or leg, why 20 times. He now has left behind his daughters, mother, and wife in this cruel …show more content…

In this scene one sees how Tom tries to show the people in the room that have prejudice, why he showed empathy for Mayella and trying to show Mr. Gilmer how he too can try and overcome prejudice. “Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em-” - “You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?” (19. 187)this supports my essential question because you can tell that Tom is trying to explain to Mr. Gilmer that he isn’t a bad man but a great guy with a big heart. Tom is trying to show Mr. Gilmer what it takes to have empathy for a girl that seemed to be abused by her father and just wanted someone to hold her when nobody else would. But when Mayella saw that Tom apparently wasn’t the guy for her she decided to turn on him by doing the only thing she could. Anything Tom can do is try and show the lawyer of Mayella that he felt sorry for her, because she was the only one raising all her siblings and doing all the dirty work. But it doesn't work when Mr. Gilmer mocks Tom for thinking that he needed to feel sorry for her when really she should be sorry for Tom for being African American. (Need to add more)now that you’ve seen how people at least try to get others with prejudice to learn something about empathy, and that

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