For example the white supremacy group the KKK, would go around and lynch (hang) black men for looking at a white woman (this would get turned into that he had raped her). ... Candy is an outsider because he is old and crippled, and when your are old and or crippled you are useless, your employer will not want to employ you so you are gotten rid of, this is show in the part of the book where they shoot Candy's dog because of the same reasons. ... Because he is crippled (he has no right hand) he cannot work like the other men, he had to be on his own sweeping out the bunks with his long tim...

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Atticus ends up defending the black man Tom Robinson for being accused of raping a white woman. ... For an example, when he shot Tim Johnson the dog right Infront of his children. That incident had nothing to do with respect but then again the dog was sick so he helped him not suffer the pain. ...

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When Tom said in the trial that he felt sorry for Mayella (a crime worse than rape in the jury's eyes) - the lowest class showing superiority for a class above themselves. ... Both characters show kindness: Boo to the children and Tom to Mayella Both are innocent: Boo of his evil persona and Tom of the crime of rape wwcc ccw esccccs aycc ccba ncc kccc ccuk; Both are victims of prejudice Both are imprisoned and potentially vulnerable: Boo is imprisoned to protect him from prejudice and Tom is imprisoned and killed as a result of prejudice. ... Mockingbird is refered to through...

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When Celie was being raped by her step-father (Alphonso) he told her not to tell anyone except God (Lewis 2). ... When she was just fourteen years old the old man she thought to be her father was raping her. She gives birth to two children, conceived while being raped by her stepfather. ...

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. __ (this older man) because she wants to protect her younger sister from Alfonso, who seems to be thinking about raping her as well. ... All she has known is rape and forced advances. ... When Squeak, the warden's niece, goes to the jailhouse to persuade him to make Sofia a house servant instead of an inmate, she is raped by the warden. ... When the two men go out to drink, Celie reveals to Shug the true nature of her childhood and how her father's rape was the cause of her pregnancies. ... __'s demand that she leave), Mr. __ followed her on horseback and tried to rap...

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The children's (Scout and Jem Finch) father has to defend a black man who is accused of raping a white girl. ... Many of the characters show loyalty, commitment or bravery in the novel, such as the children, when Atticus shoot the rabid dog. ...

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"I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. ... The texts of the records were very negligent (they used lax phrases such as "friendless boys and girls"), and very few of the crimes (rape, sexual exploits, beatings) in where African-Americans were victims were ever reported or recorded (2-33, W&W). ...

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• Grade Level: High School