The Maycomb Sheriff, Mr. ... Atticus pulling the trigger and ending Tim Johnson's life is symbolic of how he is attempting to end racism in Maycomb. ... Rabies is regarded as a dangerous disease, but Atticus also believes racism is Maycomb's disease. ... Another very important event to reinforce the ideas previously presented is when Atticus sat in front of the county jail in order to protect Tom Robinson from the expected lynching mob which later arrived. He sat calmly outside the jail and read his newspaper until the country people arrived. ...

• Word Count: 2284
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

First of all it Atticus bravely faced the racist, prejudice judgment of Maycomb and took Tom Robinson's case. ... Atticus explains to both his children that the prejudice in Maycomb is a sort of disease afflicting even "good" people (Lee). ... When Atticus was asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused for raping a white woman, people in Maycomb started to talk about it. ... During the night when Atticus visited Tom Robinson in the jail and the mob men came to take Tom Robinson, Atticus is standing by Tom to protect him, Jem wants to do the same for Atticus. ... After losing Tom Ro...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... The second-tier in Maycomb is shown by the Cunningham family, who are struggling but they did their best and were proud. ... Two of the men were members in hate-clubs or white supremacist groups and all three had served time in jail for other violations. Although, unlike Tom Robins, the killers were all sent to jail it was a sad commentary on where as a society we were and we are as we enter the millennium. ... Why are wh...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This is constant throughout Maycomb County. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird the inhabitants of Maycomb County are not very friendly to black people; they despise colored people and do not see them as equals. In the novel Tom Robinson is moved to a jail. Atticus decides to sit in front of the jail in order to protect him from any threats. ...

• Word Count: 2234
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

As the trial for Tom Robinson approaches, he is to be moved to the Maycomb jail, and concerns about the possibility of a lynch mob have arisen. Atticus is guarding Tom and Jem, Scout and Dill secretly watch their father at the jail. ...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School