Scout- In chapters 24, Scout shows signs of understanding what a lady really is. All through this time, Aunt Alexandra have been trying to change Scout into a lady by enforcing her strong opinions in Scout’s head. She however, denies her Aunt’s opinion and continues her way of life normally ,until after the Tom Robinson’s case she begins to change. It was on that day when she was wearing her ,“ pink Sunday dress”, when she began having the desire to accept her aunt’s wishes (pg. 306). Miss Stephanie Crawford then asks Scout what she wants to be ,“when (she) grows up, a lawyer?”, earning the answer, “Nome, just a lady” (pg. 307-308). However, Scout’s definition of being a lady in the beginning was a Southern woman who gossips, is a hypocrite, drinks tea, fake compliments, and dresses uncomfortably just to impress others. Near the end of this chapter, she realizes that a true lady is someone who keeps a calm and sophisticated image under
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Underwood’s written editorial creates a vitriolic tone. For example, he creates an editorial posted in the Colored News section showing his disdain for the values of many of the white society of Maycomb. Mr. Underwood wanted the people of Maycomb to feel guilty for bassing on an innocent crippled man for something he obviously didn’t do. He goes all out comparing Tom’s death to the “slaughter of songbirds”, creating a vitriolic tone as he obliquely criticize the white people of Maycomb for being so cruel and hatred (pg. 323). Tom Robinson was an innocent man targeted by society as a scapegoat and a means of entertainment. He was convicted because of his race, and because the jury refused to take the word of a black man over that of a white woman, even when it was clear that the crime he had been convicted for never actually happened. Mr. Underwood was clearly trying to allow the white people of Maycomb to rethink their decisions/opinions, displaying the barbaric ways of the human world in the time period of
Underwood’s written editorial creates a vitriolic tone. For example, he creates an editorial posted in the Colored News section showing his disdain for the values of many of the white society of Maycomb. Mr. Underwood wanted the people of Maycomb to feel guilty for bassing on an innocent crippled man for something he obviously didn’t do. He goes all out comparing Tom’s death to the “slaughter of songbirds”, creating a vitriolic tone as he obliquely criticize the white people of Maycomb for being so cruel and hatred (pg. 323). Tom Robinson was an innocent man targeted by society as a scapegoat and a means of entertainment. He was convicted because of his race, and because the jury refused to take the word of a black man over that of a white woman, even when it was clear that the crime he had been convicted for never actually happened. Mr. Underwood was clearly trying to allow the white people of Maycomb to rethink their decisions/opinions, displaying the barbaric ways of the human world in the time period of