Discuss Harper Lee(TM)s presentation of the trial of Tom Robinson

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Name: Salman Mustafa

Discuss Harper Lee’s presentation of the trial of Tom Robinson

          Harper lee was born in 1962 in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father, A.C Lee, worked as editor of a local newspaper as well as being a, member of the Alabama State legislature, a kind of regional parliament with the power of making or changing law. He was also a trained lawyer and his daughter would visit the Monroeville courthouse to watch her father in action.

          Alabama was one of the southern most states, which decided to split from the union of American states in 1861 in order to continue using slave workers even after they lost the civil war, southern status like Alabama remained racist, and laws were passed which discriminated against blacks. These attitudes carried over into the 20th century. Much injustice against black American continued.

           Harper was 6 years old and she saw many injustices done to the black, so she wrote “to kill a mocking bird”, because of which readers of future generation will learn about the social injustice in America in 1930s, which includes a lot of different ways of prejudice and controversial issues.

         Harper projected Jem and Scout, two of the principle characters of the book, start off as being childish and play full kids, but as the story goes on, we can clearly see that there is growing awareness, specially during the trail, when their feelings are altered by injustice and prejudice. Their father Atticus Finch sits on the Alabama state legislature and acts as Maycombs leading attorney, the epitome of moral character. He teaches his children and others to take stand against hypocrites and prejudice.

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         One of the main displays of prejudice in the book is the court scene and the apparent rape of Mayella Ewell who framed this upon a black. The reason Harper lee chooses to construct the narrative in this way so that it creates a greater impact when an injustice is committed upon someone either within the finch or someone in the family who extends their love or support to another person in this case the injustice is committed upon Tom Robison and one of the reasons that we feel such a sense of wrong ...

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