Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And The Duluth Lynching

How to Kill a Mockingbird and The Duluth Lynching The Duluth Lynching has a similar chain of events that eventually lead to a cruel and inhumane end. Both started with young white girl accusing that she had been raped by a colored man. Both had very little chance to survive the odds they faced whether they did it or not. Reading an article on Duluth really helped me see the similarities between Tom Robinson and the three circus men. It was just another circus day for Isaac McGhie 20, Elmer Jackson 19, Elias Clayton 19 on June 15, 1920. As the day moved along into the night, the three men did their usual work around the circus grounds. What they did later that night is something that we’ll never know the exact truth about. Meanwhile, Irene Tusken and her boyfriend James Sullivan went to the circus, after it was done they went home. Around that night James called the police and told them that Irene and James were held at gunpoint, and that six black men raped Irene. The train was just leaving the station when the police stopped it and called out all 140 black workers to stand on the tracks. James and Irene couldn’t specifically pick out who …show more content…
He was doing chores for Mayella Ewell when the incident occurred, according to Tom she asked him to fix something when she jumped on him and tried to kiss him. When Mayella saw her father, she screamed and then Tom turned and ran from the house as fast as he possible could. He eventually stood trial, where Atticus Finch tried to defend him. Atticus did his best defending Tom. Truthfully though, Tom is somewhat responsible for pleading guilty to this case. When asked if Mayella was lying he never actually said outright that Mayella lied, instead he avoided the question that proved to be his downfall. He was sent to jail, waiting for imprisonment when he made a run for it and ended up getting shot trying to