The house was silent, Mrs. Taylor was at church and I was all by myself, I walked towards my office, the floorboards creaking as I moved. I loved it when the house was empty, it left me to contemplate the week and read some of Bob Taylor’s writings. I reached the end of the hallway and twisted the great brass knob and walked into my study. It was a cold night but soon after I picked up my book I got lost in the deep metaphors of Bob Taylor. I was abruptly pulled out of my thinking when I heard Ann scratching at the door “Hush” I said to my dog. I turned around to look at her when I realized that no one was there. I stood up slowly, stretching my arms and legs, I walked out into the hallway and looked up and down, the noise was originating from the back of the house; Ann was
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That was the only logical culprit, but no matter, he was not going to return and if he did I would take care of him. He is probably upset about how the case went, even though he got the verdict he wanted, it cast a shadow of doubt over the Ewells, which they would probably never recover from. It was strange how someone of such a low and heinous nature was more highly regarded then a well-spoken and virtuous black man, but that was the dark and corrupted world in which we lived. Even in court “the great levelers” as Atticus had put it, could not create equal the white man and the black man. A system that was predisposed to such blatant prejudice was dangerous system indeed, this I suppose is one of the drawbacks of having a jury, no matter how obvious the answer is to some, those people that make up the box are humans and there is always a preconceived view that even the most skillful of attorneys such as Atticus can’t sway them from that view, however this court case proved something; that people’s eyes are opening and they are starting to see the world as it truly is, the times were changing. I looked back down at my book and put it on my
That was the only logical culprit, but no matter, he was not going to return and if he did I would take care of him. He is probably upset about how the case went, even though he got the verdict he wanted, it cast a shadow of doubt over the Ewells, which they would probably never recover from. It was strange how someone of such a low and heinous nature was more highly regarded then a well-spoken and virtuous black man, but that was the dark and corrupted world in which we lived. Even in court “the great levelers” as Atticus had put it, could not create equal the white man and the black man. A system that was predisposed to such blatant prejudice was dangerous system indeed, this I suppose is one of the drawbacks of having a jury, no matter how obvious the answer is to some, those people that make up the box are humans and there is always a preconceived view that even the most skillful of attorneys such as Atticus can’t sway them from that view, however this court case proved something; that people’s eyes are opening and they are starting to see the world as it truly is, the times were changing. I looked back down at my book and put it on my