1. To kill a Mocking Bird
Another concern Mayella has is being ostracized by the whole town of Maycomb. ... Tom Robinson's only mistake is being a black man at a time of such racial segregation in Maycomb. ... There is even a plot by a lynch mob consisting of white men, to murder him when he is at the county jail. ... Tragically, Tom Robinson is shot dead at the jail. ... Moreover, Boo Radley was portrayed in such a bad image by many Maycomb folks. ...
The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jail anticipating this development. ...
The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jail anticipating this development. ...
The people of Maycomb come up with stories as to why they never see him because Boo is too shy to leave his house. ... The innocence of characters in this book is totally destroyed by the racial and moral thinking's of the Maycomb people, event though the people themselves are not evil. On example of this is when the lynch mob comes to the jail to steal Tom, intending to kill him. ...
A few nights before the trial is set to begin, Atticus is told by some black residents that some angry whites have threatened to kill the imprisoned Tom, so he "guards" his client's safety himself, by maintaining a guard outside the jail. ... Because Scout is somewhat of an outcast herself, like Boo Radley and the black members of Maycomb County, Mississippi, it is easy for her learn compassion for them. ... The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is Depression era (early 1930s) Maycomb County, Mississippi. ...
In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" some characters were explained to be as outcasts. Walter Cunningham, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell are outcasts who nevertheless gain sympathy in "To Kill a Mockingbird". Walter Cunningham manages to gain sympathy in the novel because in chapter 2, wh...