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To Kill A Mockingbird - Online Term Paper

To Kill A Mockingbird

By Harper Lee
left a lasting impression on me. At the time it
was written, it must have been looked down upon as a piece of literature
since there was so much hatred towards negroes in the 1950's that no one
could probably realize the unjustified prejudice against them. It
especially deals with how the main character, Atticus Finch, deals with the
controversy surrounding his actions and how he tries to shelter his family
from it.

The book's climax, where it is brought to a final solution, takes place
at the trial. A woman named Mayella Ewell, accuses a black man named of
Tom Robinson of rape. In truth, these claims are false, but she knows she
can get away with it, since the ...

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the rape. The trial comes around,
and Mayella Ewell is very confident she will win the case because if her
standing in society as a respectable woman who would never lie over her
honor. When it comes time for Atticus to question Mayella, he proves that
indeed Tom couldn't have committed the rape. Mayella is silent, and then
the jury leaves to come up with a verdict. Although they know Tom was
innocent, the case now becomes a trial of honor; of whom to say is wrong.
When they come back, they find Tom guilty. He is sentenced to be hung, and
it is carried out. Thus ends the climax, but not the moral. Afterward,
Mayella's father, Bob Ewell guarantees revenge against Atticus for having
proved her daughter a liar. As Atticus' children are walking home from the
Halloween pageant, they realize they are being followed and soon they are
attacked. The next thing they know is that they are being carried home,
and Jem has a broken arm and Scout a couple of bruises. In Jem's sick ...

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Added: 10/27/2007 11:19:00 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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