They would sometimes ask him if he could win the trial and Atticus would reply with yet another piece of wisdom: "It's when you know you"re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... He tells Scout that it goes against his character to not help someone in need: "This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience-Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man" (104). ... Ewell was called to the witness stand Atticus asked a strategic question that tu...

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• Grade Level: High School

People like Judge Taylor. ... Did it ever strike you that Judge Taylor naming Atticus to defend that boy was no accident? That Judge Taylor might have had his reasons for naming him?' ... By appointing Atticus, Judge Taylor gave hope to a previously utterly hopeless situation. Judge Taylor did what he could to make the trial fair. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He then expresses sympathy and asks Dill he wanted what was it the paper bag. ... Calpurnia takes Scout, Jem, and Dill home they quickly eat and return back to the court room. ... Miss Maudie points out that there were people who tried to help, like Judge Taylor, who appointed Atticus to the case instead of the regular public defender. ... When Scout asks what will happen if Tom loses, Atticus replies that Tom will go to the electric chair, as rape is a capital offense in Alabama. ... Scout grows furious, and Jem hastily takes her out of the room. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Atticus is only briefly mentioned. ... Scout is annoyed at this injustice and takes it out on Walter, and they fight, rolling around on the ground and Jem breaks it up. ... At home Scout complains to Atticus about school and that she is never going back, but Atticus says under the law she must go, and that he will continue to read to her provided she doesn't tell her teacher. ... Scout has a vain hope that Atticus will teach her at home like Burris Ewell, who does not go to school, but this is soon shattered by Atticus' reference to the law on this subject. ... She wonde...

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• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Henderson" subpoenaed by the judge, whites think of the incident as a joke, for only the white women should be referred to as "Mrs." ... Freeman takes advantage of Maya because her Mother, Vivian, is out most of the time. ... In Baily's case, his mother, Vivian, and in Jems, Atticus. ... Maya clearly announces that she will not allow another man or boy take advantage of her as Mr. ... Taylor insists that his deceased wife visited the night before, Maya becomes frightened because he insists that it happened over and over again. ...

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• Grade Level: High School