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The witness realized his mistake and shifted uncomfortably in the chair. But the damage was done. Below us, nobody liked Tom Robinson's answer. Mr. Gilmer paused a long time to let it sink in. (19.124-127) Tom feels sorry for Mayella as one human being for another, but Mr. Gilmer and others can only see a black man feeling sorry for a white ...
Full Title: To Kill a Mockingbird. When Written: 1950-1960. Where Written: New York City and Monroeville, Alabama. When Published: 1960. Literary Period: Modernism. Genre: Bildungsroman; Social Novel. Setting: The fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Climax: The trial of Tom Robinson; or when Bob Ewell attacks Scout ...
Important Quotes Explained. Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop . . . [s]omehow it was hotter then . . . bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.
Things began to get difficult for Scout. Atticus forbids Scout from fighting, but Cecil Jacobs makes her forget this when he announces to their class that Atticus defends black people. Scout denies it and later, asks Atticus if he “defends niggers.”. Atticus admits that he does but cautions Scout to not talk that way, as it’s common.
In spite of his disability, Tom Robinson is a hard working field hand in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.On trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell, Tom testifies that "I picks for Mr. Link ...
Tom Robinson is a black man accused of assaulting and raping Mayella Ewell on the evening of November 21. Tom Robinson had offered to help Mayella complete a chore inside her home when she ...
Jun 26, 2015 · How To Kill a Mockingbird Reflects the Real Civil Rights Movement. 5 minute read. Actors Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Brock Peters as Tom Robinson in the film 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 1962.
