Girl vs Boy

"Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home i declare to the lord you're gettin' more like a girl everyday" when i heard jem say this i was furious it brings me to flashback to all the days of when women were marching for their rights i feel when he said this comment it all went down the drain i couldn't believe it i believe women have fought for something but i guess this will never change

Unfair Trial

During the trial of Tom Robinson its clear to any read that the whole thing is dominated by white men like most the world at that time. Tom Rob, a black man, is being accused of raping Mayella Ewell by her and her father, two white people, which is a clear lie to any reader. The father, Bob, is covering up for himself and his disgusting acts of raping and beating his own daughter. Mayella is a young girl who is seriously messed up at the hand of her gross dad. But of course how was she supposed to change anything because after all, she's just a girl. The life she lives is one of loneliness and sadness but obviously she still has the ability to shout "Hey, I was totally kidding. This kind innocent man didn't rape me my crazy father did."
When asked if he was the father of Mayella Ewell in court, that crazy father chooses to show how much he loves his daughter by responding "Well, if I ain't I can't do much about it now, her mother's dead."
He says this as if it is just such a burden to have her around. She cooks and cleans and respects him while he harshly abuses her but no of course she is useless in the eyes of this old sleezy drunk.
This is almost similar to how Aunt Alexandra treats Scout. She is a seriously smart girl but no one appreciates her for who she is because women are simply seen as less.

"You never really understand a person until you, until you climb into his skin"

This quote really stood out to me because it relates to kinda of what i've been through in the text Walter Cunningham is the only one without lunch as "molasses buckets appear and the ceiling danced with metallic light" all the lunches appearing out of no where and you look around and see that, it makes you feel sad ad embarrassed people knowing that you wont have lunch tomorrow or the next day. Personally i feel like you shouldn't look down on some one based on society instead base it on the person and you might have a postive out look.

The legal system sucks

The trial in TKAM would infuriate anyone who has somewhat good of morals, for a multitude of depressing reasons. One being that it was clear as day if you listened and paid attention to evidence, "She says what papa do to her don't count." that Bob Ewell was sexually assaulting his daughter, yet even Atticus completely ignored this obvious fact. The other major reason being that Tom Robinson was so obviously innocent, and yet the jury concluded he was guilty, simply because he was black.

The jury did not seem to care about Mayella, but was rather only interested in using Tom Robinson's trial as a sick sort of scapegoat, or just as some kind of twisted disgusting form of entertainment.
The other obvious issue is how the jury completely ignores the evidence that Robinson could not have hit Mayella, because her facial injuries were on her left , and his left arm was basically a useless, shriveled stump.

The trial also bothers me because had Bob Ewell been found guilty, Mayella would have been saved from further abuse, but instead, the Jury's decision was as predictable as to be expected of  southern redneck racists, and reminds me that throughout the book, scout is repeatedly told by her father that people were entitled to their opinions, and that's the issue with Atticus. He tries to wave it away as just opinion or societal training, but its that kind of cowardice that keeps women like Mayella in abusive homes, and makes men like Tom Robinson dead. 

The Trial

“”I mean I didn’t stay long enough for him to run me off.” “You’re very candid about this, why did you run so fast?” “I says I was scared, suh.” “If you had a clear conscience, why were you scared?” “Like I says before, it weren’t safe for any n***** to be in a--fix like that.” “But you weren’t in a fix--you testified that you were resisting Miss Ewell. Were you so scared that she’d hurt you, you ran, a big buck like you?” “No suh I’s scared I’d be in court, just like I am now.” “Scared of arrest, scared you’d have to face up to what you did?” “No suh, scared I’d hafta face up to what I didn’t do.”” This quote is from the trial when Mr.Gilmer was questioning Tom Robinson about the incident. Basically what happened during the trial was Tom gave a great testimony, there was no evidence that he raped Mayella, and was honest about everything, while the Ewells were rude to the court and lied about what happened, but the Ewells won the case and Tom Robinson was sent to jail. The jury was completely biased all because the Ewells are white and Tom Robinson is black. The people took the white families word over the black mans word not based on evidence or facts but off of race. The jury should have been able to look past race and make their decision based on the testimonies and let Tom Robinson be free. To me this relates to all the police brutality against black males in modern time. In America, black males are twice as likely to get shot by the police than a white man. This shows that there is still racism in America, maybe not as bad as it was in the early 1930’s but it is still a problem.

Becoming a Girl

                                           

                                             "Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap
                              or go home-l declare to the lord you're gettin' more like a girl everyday!"

         When I read what Jem said to Scout in the book my blood boiled. I mean what is wrong with acting like what you are,she is a girl so let her act like a girl. All girls are different meaning that not all of us are whinny and don't get a little dirty from time to time .Also by saying this Jem is saying that girls are not as good as men,a women/girl can do anything that a man/boy can do. meaning Scout does not have to change herself to ''fit in with the guys''

"Judge Taylor threw the case out of court" Blog 2

“-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” Bob Ewell

Well what a thing to say Mr. Ewell. I think that this quote ties in with The Scottsboro Trial. Tom Robinson has been accused of Raping Mayella Ewell, and there is no evidence, just the talk of the town, this same thing happened in 1931 Alabama. Nine African-American teenage boys were accused of raping two white American women on a train. But were the boys falsely accused? Let’s take a look, but how can we? There’s no direct evidence against the nine boys, oh and guess what? There’s also no direct evidence against Tom Robinson either. Back in the day there was no way to detect rape with the technology we have now. What happened was the boys were thrown in jail and the youngest was killed! what? how awful could this jury be? What should have happened was the boys not to be accused and to somehow find a way to be tested, and the youngest never should have died.

The trial against Tom Robinson is taking place and claws are flying. Like many trials are in the US right now. Many cases also aren’t tried enough and also aren’t given enough time to be prosecuted, some cases (like Tom Robinson’s) is officially declared unfair.  “Judge Taylor threw the case out of court.” quote from TKAM.