Atticus Finch is a lawyer, and a man who has been given one of the hardest challenges in history. It is the 1930’s, in the Great Depression, and there is a lot of racist thoughts and ideas that have developed in the small town of Maycomb County. Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, a black man, who allegedly raped Mayella Ewell. Atticus relies on anaphoric sentences, asks hypophoric questions, appeals to logos, and to create a direct tone, all to prove Tom’s innocence. One very important part of Atticus’ speech was his direct tone. Throughout the entire time he speaks, his tone develops into a direct one to the jury. He often says, “Gentlemen…” or “... the jury…” to show who he is talking to, this creates his tone because as he develops his
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This because the whole time he is talking he continues to build on his argument, rather than focus on the audience. He appeals to logos when he talks about the only logical outcome that could have happened during the crime, “... she struck out at her victim - of necessity she must put him away from her - he must be removed from her presence, from this world.” He attempts to explain Mayella’s thinking, so that it can be explained why the Ewell’s took this “crime” to court. He explains how Tom could not have possibly attacked Mayella, while appealing to logos, “ … (Bob Ewell) he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, and now Tom Robinson sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses - his right hand.” Atticus includes this information because while Mayella testifies, she talks of how she was punched across her right side of her face. It is impossible for Tom to have punched her because Tom’s left arm is completely immobile due to an accident as a child. If he were to punch Mayella, it would have had to have been on her left side of her face. Atticus is appealing to logos here because he is taking the argument a step further and showing how the decision that the jury will make is completely on their own prejudices and opinions. Hence, throughout his speech, Atticus appeals to logos to show that Tom is incapable of attacking Mayella …show more content…
He does this to back up his own argument while looking into the mindset of Mayella. He states one while he talks about what Mayella had to been thinking at the time of the crime, “What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” While Atticus explains this argument, he makes sure the jury can see how Mayella only had 2 options: act as an innocent girl and frame Tom, or be beat for the rest of her life mercilessly by her father. Mayella taking the easier route, decided to frame Tom, all the while it was in fact her advances onto him that caused this to happen. This idea is also enforced when Atticus declares, “What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being.” He indicates how Tom had really nothing to do with the crime. The beatings were from Mayella’s father after he found out that Mayella was attracted to a black man, and all Tom wanted to do was live a normal life with his wife and children.Therefore In closing, Atticus includes hypophoric questions to back up his argument while looking into what was happening in Mayella’s
This because the whole time he is talking he continues to build on his argument, rather than focus on the audience. He appeals to logos when he talks about the only logical outcome that could have happened during the crime, “... she struck out at her victim - of necessity she must put him away from her - he must be removed from her presence, from this world.” He attempts to explain Mayella’s thinking, so that it can be explained why the Ewell’s took this “crime” to court. He explains how Tom could not have possibly attacked Mayella, while appealing to logos, “ … (Bob Ewell) he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, and now Tom Robinson sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses - his right hand.” Atticus includes this information because while Mayella testifies, she talks of how she was punched across her right side of her face. It is impossible for Tom to have punched her because Tom’s left arm is completely immobile due to an accident as a child. If he were to punch Mayella, it would have had to have been on her left side of her face. Atticus is appealing to logos here because he is taking the argument a step further and showing how the decision that the jury will make is completely on their own prejudices and opinions. Hence, throughout his speech, Atticus appeals to logos to show that Tom is incapable of attacking Mayella …show more content…
He does this to back up his own argument while looking into the mindset of Mayella. He states one while he talks about what Mayella had to been thinking at the time of the crime, “What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” While Atticus explains this argument, he makes sure the jury can see how Mayella only had 2 options: act as an innocent girl and frame Tom, or be beat for the rest of her life mercilessly by her father. Mayella taking the easier route, decided to frame Tom, all the while it was in fact her advances onto him that caused this to happen. This idea is also enforced when Atticus declares, “What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being.” He indicates how Tom had really nothing to do with the crime. The beatings were from Mayella’s father after he found out that Mayella was attracted to a black man, and all Tom wanted to do was live a normal life with his wife and children.Therefore In closing, Atticus includes hypophoric questions to back up his argument while looking into what was happening in Mayella’s