“I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.” -Tila Tequila an american tv personality. Though people may have a different identity than you think they are supposed to have, their identity is something that cannot be changed in someone. In To Kill a Mockingbird the Finches are an upper class family who live in Maycomb Alabama. The Scout is a young girl who tells the story of her life while growing up. Her father Atticus, as a lawyer goes to trial to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who was falsely accused of raping mayella Ewell. Atticus then losses the case because the jury decided that because Tom Robinson is an African American.
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No matter how strong of a push Atticus makes to change them. During Tom Robinson’s trial everyone new that the jury was going to call him guilty, after all the jury was full of white people and the identity of white people in 1930s alabama was to think that black people could do no good. During the trial Atticus talks about how “in this country all men are created equal” (page 274, to kill a mockingbird) he tries to use the country's morals and founding fathers words against them. The jury like scout cannot be changed. Though there was a bit of a discussion the identity of this group does not change. They call Tom Robinson guilty because that is their identity. This also happens during the trial when Atticus tries to use their own egos against them during his final argument because he says that “a court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up” (274,Lee). This is something that people don't take to kindly to. These men were raised to believe that black men are bad men, so when Atticus tries to defend a black man, that makes him just as bad. When these men are basically insulted by Atticus they do not like it very much. This is because to they feel Atticus is just as bad as a black man. Atticus’s closing argument consisted of two main points. First he said that all men are created equal. This is a good argument as …show more content…
this is something that is shown in richer family's, people will try to be there own person and their parents will try to control who they are and what they do so they are more proper. That is trying to change someone's
No matter how strong of a push Atticus makes to change them. During Tom Robinson’s trial everyone new that the jury was going to call him guilty, after all the jury was full of white people and the identity of white people in 1930s alabama was to think that black people could do no good. During the trial Atticus talks about how “in this country all men are created equal” (page 274, to kill a mockingbird) he tries to use the country's morals and founding fathers words against them. The jury like scout cannot be changed. Though there was a bit of a discussion the identity of this group does not change. They call Tom Robinson guilty because that is their identity. This also happens during the trial when Atticus tries to use their own egos against them during his final argument because he says that “a court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up” (274,Lee). This is something that people don't take to kindly to. These men were raised to believe that black men are bad men, so when Atticus tries to defend a black man, that makes him just as bad. When these men are basically insulted by Atticus they do not like it very much. This is because to they feel Atticus is just as bad as a black man. Atticus’s closing argument consisted of two main points. First he said that all men are created equal. This is a good argument as …show more content…
this is something that is shown in richer family's, people will try to be there own person and their parents will try to control who they are and what they do so they are more proper. That is trying to change someone's