Justice & Injustice
"The witnesses for the state have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption - the evil assumption - that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber. Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men cannot be trusted around women, black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men." Ch. 20
During court, Atticus says Tom Robinson as a colored man should be freed and can't be blamed as guilty for something he never did. He says what all white racist people say against Negroes, Atticus especially tells the jury that Tom might be lying or he is a bad person. Concluding that the society shouldn't be judged by skin color or gender.
"She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white. She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it." Ch. 20
Atticus explains during court by telling the jury that Mayella is poor, and very ignorant and can't do anything because she is white. Mayella also broke the law to come close to a black man, though Atticus is also defending Tom because he says, Tom has nothing to do with any of this problem that only it was the father who beat her and raped her.
“”It aint right. He didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life. (Jem)
“Yessir, but the jury didn’t have to give him death-if they wanted to they could’ve gave him twenty years” (Jem)
“Tom Robinson’s a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world’s going to say ‘We think you’re guilty, but not very,’ on a charge like that. It was either straight acquittal or nothing.”” (atticus) Ch. 23
Here Atticus is telling Jem about the jury and how court has always been because still doesn't know how law and court really work since he is still a kid. Atticus explains to Jem that Tom is a colored man and will be very likely he is the one guilty and dead even if he didn't rape Mayella.
“There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.” Ch. 23
Atticus shows how he really feels about the law and court in Maycomb. Stating that it's unfair and unjust for the white people to win the argument because they have more power over the other. Even without giving much evidence in court the whites make it easier to point fingers at the blacks and accuse them as guilty for something they didn't do.
“when I was your age. If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” Ch. 23
Jem is still a young man and yet turning into a teenager, since the Tom Robinson case Jem's emotions has been turning around. Jem is very naive and very young to understand what is going on in the real world. In Jem's mind this is very unjust for him because of how society can't get along with each other and how it causes too much problems in Maycomb.
“Folks in this town who think they’re doing right, I mean. Now far be it from me to say who, but some of em in this town thought they were doing the right thing a while back, but all they did was stir em up. That’s’s all they did.” Ch. 24
Miss Merriweather who said this during the lady's meet up, she was talking about Atticus who was the one defending Tom Robinson and that he was doing the wrong thing. But then Miss Maudie then defends Atticus because she believes in Atticus, and thinks he is a very just man by doing what is right for the town.
“there’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead.” Ch. 30
After Bob Ewell died, Atticus was making suspicions that it was Jem that killed him. Heck Tate was in denial that it was Jem who killed Bob Ewell, and better left off that it was an accident and to let the dead burry the dead. This significantly is targeted to Tom Robinson when he died for no reason but was accused by Bob Ewell who should had been dead.
During court, Atticus says Tom Robinson as a colored man should be freed and can't be blamed as guilty for something he never did. He says what all white racist people say against Negroes, Atticus especially tells the jury that Tom might be lying or he is a bad person. Concluding that the society shouldn't be judged by skin color or gender.
"She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white. She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it." Ch. 20
Atticus explains during court by telling the jury that Mayella is poor, and very ignorant and can't do anything because she is white. Mayella also broke the law to come close to a black man, though Atticus is also defending Tom because he says, Tom has nothing to do with any of this problem that only it was the father who beat her and raped her.
“”It aint right. He didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life. (Jem)
“Yessir, but the jury didn’t have to give him death-if they wanted to they could’ve gave him twenty years” (Jem)
“Tom Robinson’s a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world’s going to say ‘We think you’re guilty, but not very,’ on a charge like that. It was either straight acquittal or nothing.”” (atticus) Ch. 23
Here Atticus is telling Jem about the jury and how court has always been because still doesn't know how law and court really work since he is still a kid. Atticus explains to Jem that Tom is a colored man and will be very likely he is the one guilty and dead even if he didn't rape Mayella.
“There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.” Ch. 23
Atticus shows how he really feels about the law and court in Maycomb. Stating that it's unfair and unjust for the white people to win the argument because they have more power over the other. Even without giving much evidence in court the whites make it easier to point fingers at the blacks and accuse them as guilty for something they didn't do.
“when I was your age. If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” Ch. 23
Jem is still a young man and yet turning into a teenager, since the Tom Robinson case Jem's emotions has been turning around. Jem is very naive and very young to understand what is going on in the real world. In Jem's mind this is very unjust for him because of how society can't get along with each other and how it causes too much problems in Maycomb.
“Folks in this town who think they’re doing right, I mean. Now far be it from me to say who, but some of em in this town thought they were doing the right thing a while back, but all they did was stir em up. That’s’s all they did.” Ch. 24
Miss Merriweather who said this during the lady's meet up, she was talking about Atticus who was the one defending Tom Robinson and that he was doing the wrong thing. But then Miss Maudie then defends Atticus because she believes in Atticus, and thinks he is a very just man by doing what is right for the town.
“there’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead.” Ch. 30
After Bob Ewell died, Atticus was making suspicions that it was Jem that killed him. Heck Tate was in denial that it was Jem who killed Bob Ewell, and better left off that it was an accident and to let the dead burry the dead. This significantly is targeted to Tom Robinson when he died for no reason but was accused by Bob Ewell who should had been dead.