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Post by isabellalyda on Jul 16, 2016 20:57:18 GMT
Harper Lee used this quote as To Kill A Mockingbird's epigraph: Lawyers can be known for not having a conscience, morals, or sense of innocence. They will defend guilty criminals for money, whether they know if it is the right thing to do or not. Atticus Finch, the lawyer, father, and role model in this novel defends a black man, Tom Robinson, in a case where he is accused of rape. Atticus risks his reputation, his friends, and his family's safety to work with this case. Why does he do it? He knows it is the right thing to do. Atticus Finch keeps his sense of right from wrong and stands strongly in what he believes in. He teaches his children, Jem and Scout, that racism is wrong no matter how common it is in their lives during that time. They learn that the slaves, the people working for them, those looked down upon, are people too and deserve to be treated that way. People are not born racist or discriminating, they are taught to act that way. Children are more accepting of others because they have not yet built walls separating themselves from those who are "unworthy". Chapter twenty-five states that "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." Due to the circumstances, the defendant would have been found guilty no matter what, but Atticus Finch "is the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that." I think Harper Lee chose this quote for the novel's epigraph to show the aspect of child innocence and how important it is to nurture it instead of hinder it.
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Post by bekahredinger on Jul 18, 2016 21:31:16 GMT
This quote by Charles Lamb is very important to the book, as one of the main themes of the book is about children's innocence. We can see stark differences between children and lawyers in the book, particularly in part two. The lawyer defending Mayella Ewell, Mr. Gilmer, is arguably an antagonist of the story because of all the work that he put into his case. Dill says that "It was just him I couldn't stand...that old Mr. Gilmer doin' him thataway, talking so hateful to him" (265). The horrible things that Mr. Gilmer said to Tom Robinson actually made Dill feel sick, which is one of the main times that we see Scout and Dill's innocence contrasted to the lawyer's prejudice.
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Post by isaacthompson on Jul 23, 2016 13:47:44 GMT
This quote means that everyone, including lawyers, were children once. Mr. Gilmer was a child once, and he was probably a carefree go lucky kid like Scout, but he made choices along the way that put him on the side of racism. Even Bob Ewell, a suspected abuser, was a child. Even Bob Ewell was loved once by a wife and got married, but he made choices as well that made him decide to do things he shouldn't do. Charles Lamb's quote shows of the theme of degradation of childhood innocence in this book, and is a very fitting quote for the epigraph.
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Post by ryleabaumberger on Jul 29, 2016 4:56:44 GMT
I agree with you Isa, that as a kid you should be innocent and carefree, instead of having to worry about cases like this one. This was a very important quote because it not only showed that you should not judge lawyers, or anybody, but that you also can keep strong morals and rights even when being a lawyer, or cop for instance. To answer your question, Atticus was defending a black man, not only so that he could make money to support his family, but also because he truly believed that blacks are not bad people, and that they deserve a fair trial and treatment over all. Even to this day, people are judging cops, lawyers, blacks, etc. and discriminating against them because they do not feel that they go about their job or life the right way even when they do not know them. Judging people by there looks is something that was very prominent back then, and still is to this day. Even though the town was against Atticus, he knew that he had to do the right thing for Tom Robinson and defend him no matter how others perceived his actions, and in my opinion we need more people like that today. So even if you are in a law enforcing position in society, that does not mean by any circumstances that the person or little kid inside of you dies, because that person will always be inside of them no matter how evident it is to others.
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