Not Guilty… Until Proven So
As my cyber English 9 class is finishing up the award winning Pulitzer Prize book, To Kill a Mockingbird, we have gotten more in depth of the trial of Tom Robinson. Tensions had risen and the town gets anxious to know the culprit who is responsible for all the turmoil that has brought up in their “peaceful” little town of Maywood. And my discussion group questioned and talked a lot about what went on in chapters sixteen through twenty.
There are many connections that we made throughout chapter sixteen through twenty, but I’ll sum them all up and come across the most common one that was discussed in my group: The tension in a courtroom arouses much anxiety and murmurs. My group talked about how the betrayal of Mr. Cunningham (157) is kind of like how friends betray friends. We also talked about how Scout is a lot like a female member of our group because they are both not afraid to be themselves. Also, they’re brave, not shy, and very smart. The main topic discussed in my group would have to be the “Robinson Trial”. Not only because it the main conflict in these sections, but because that’s where all of the action takes place.
Lastly, my group discussed a lot about different topics on what the human experience for theses chapters, but in my personal opinion I believe that the human experience is discrimination. The reason being is because this section is mostly all about the trial in which Tom Robinson-an African American-is being convicted for wrongdoings against Mayella Ewell-a white American-the daughter of the “drunkard”, Mr.Ewell. And everyone seemed to be on Mayella’s side just because she was white and Tom R. was African American. I believe that under no circumstances should you judge a person by his family, his background, color or race, because we are all equal. Inequality should never, ever be an option in the land of the free.
