English Essay － To Kill A Mockingbird “I’m simply defending a Negro-his name is Tom Robinson” (p,83) In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Harper Lee touches on many social questions. The most crucial questions among these is the problem of racism and bigotry in Maycomb, Alabama, a southern states of America in the mid 1930s. Many of this were shown throughout the book with the charge brought by Bob Ewell against Tom Robinson, how Atticus and his children were treated simply because of his defence
farmer’s wife. Shortly after the story begins, one of the women, Mrs. Peters, stars out on her husband’s, Sheriff Peters, side. She even states to Mrs. Hale, the wife of the witness, “the law is the law” (Roberts and Zweig). I
of a crime, to a trial by jury. The defendant, presumed ‘innocent until proven guilty’, has the right to be judged by a group of his or her peers based on the evidence presented, the assumption being that the defendant will be judged in a fair and impartial manner. However, human beings are fallible and can be subject to faulty reasoning, alongside irrational and biased thinking. The play Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose is set in a mid twentieth century American jury room. Twelve strangers, all
In the documentary, Stephanie attends Gage Park High School in Chicago. As she reflects on her first year at the school, she, like other incoming freshman, felt that she was “going to the worst school in the neighborhood.” While it probably was not statistically true, Stephanie had internalized a feeling that it was surprising when people actually