Imagine that you are a black man that was caught at the scene of a crime that you did not commit, but you are to blame solely based on the color of your skin. Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Tom being black and Mayella white, he is automatically convicted of that crime and sentenced to death. The authorities would take the word of Mayella over Tom any day. Scout and Jem are the children of Atticus Finch, the lawyer who is trying to defend Tom Robinson in the court. In the article “Lynching” by Mark Twain, He talks about how mobs are formed by cowardly people. The three main themes in To Kill A Mockingbird are Loss of innocence, Power of words and Role of women. The first theme of To Kill A Mockingbird is Loss of
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Miss maudie, their neighbor makes Scout and Jem feel at home with her by making jokes. “Stephanie crawford even told me once she woke up in the middle of the night and found him looking in the window at her. I said what did you do, Stephanie move over in the bed and make room for him? That shut her up for a while” (Lee 66). Miss Maudie is always the one to tell them about Boo Radley when Atticus would not. She almost acts like the mother figure to the children in the beginning of the book, or maybe more like a grandmother to them. Scout and Jem would always go over to her house. Miss Maudie also has a strong personality, and doesn’t get broken easily. For example when her house burnt down, she looked at the bright side of the situation and wasnt that upset. Calpurnia is the maid in the finch household and also acts like a mother figure to the children. “There's some folks who don't eat like us, she whispered fiercely, but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear? … He ain't company, Cal, he's just a
Miss maudie, their neighbor makes Scout and Jem feel at home with her by making jokes. “Stephanie crawford even told me once she woke up in the middle of the night and found him looking in the window at her. I said what did you do, Stephanie move over in the bed and make room for him? That shut her up for a while” (Lee 66). Miss Maudie is always the one to tell them about Boo Radley when Atticus would not. She almost acts like the mother figure to the children in the beginning of the book, or maybe more like a grandmother to them. Scout and Jem would always go over to her house. Miss Maudie also has a strong personality, and doesn’t get broken easily. For example when her house burnt down, she looked at the bright side of the situation and wasnt that upset. Calpurnia is the maid in the finch household and also acts like a mother figure to the children. “There's some folks who don't eat like us, she whispered fiercely, but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear? … He ain't company, Cal, he's just a