In an old fashioned Southern town like Maycomb, racism abounds. ... Explanation of Chapters 15 - 21 ("Part 3") Again, Scout's innocent perspective makes the reader unaware of the possible violence outside the Maycomb jail in chapter 16. ... Atticus was staying outside the jail with the hope of disarming the situation. ... Despite the certainty of most of the people in the courtroom, Tom Robinson will go to jail for this crime no matter what the facts present. A fear resides in Maycomb, and the South of this era, to render any other verdict. ...

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While the town of Maycomb struggles with this downfall, they have a greater battle to face, discrimination. ... One of the main victims of prejudice in the town of Maycomb was Tom Robinson. ... Firstly, everyone in Maycomb believes the lies that the Ewells are spouting. ... Lastly, Tom was shot 17 times by the jail guards. ... With it Maycomb Tom Robinson was definitely a victim of racism. ...

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Tom Robinson and Mrs Dubose are both examples of misunderstood or unjustly condemned people in Maycomb. Tom Robinson is an unfairly judged Negro citizen of Maycomb. A jury of white men find him guilty of a crime he did not commit, and he is consequently taken to jail where he is killed for attempting to escape. This decent father and loving husband is judged as a cold-blooded rapist by the white Maycomb community, because their racist views keep them from understanding who the real Tom Robinson is. Another misunderstood member of Maycomb County is Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose. ...

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The Cunninghams are very respected by the citizens of Maycomb. ... The new teacher didn't know the ways of Maycomb, or the Cunninghams. ... He showed up at the jail where Tom Robinson was being held, with all intentions to kill Tom. ... Cunningham realizes that he has no reason to be at the jail, and has even less of a reason to use his rifle. Bob Ewell cost Maycomb two lives, while Mr. ...

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He explains that he doesn't like living at home so he ran away from home and took the train to Maycomb. ... How did Dill get to Maycomb? ... Summary of chapter 15 Dill's parents let him stay in Maycomb. ... She hears them talking about Tom Robinson and that Tom is being moved into the Maycomb jail. ... About Tom Robinson's case and how Tom is being moved into the Maycomb jail. ...

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In Maycomb County, Alabama, there were plenty of those. ... Rather than trying to appeal, Tom Robinson decides to take his fate into his own hands and tries to escape from the jail, fails and is filled with seventeen bullets. ... You know what's going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray, I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness and most of all, without catching Maycomb's usual disease"" (117). ... Grandma says it's bad enough he lets you run wild, but now he's turned out a nigger-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb aga...

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When Tom was put in jail awaiting trial, Atticus, his lawyer, went down one night and sat outside the jailhouse. ... The people of Maycomb are intolerant of the way Dolphus chooses to live. ... This is thought to be wrong in society in Maycomb. Yet another prejudice in Maycomb was that against Arthur Radley. Arthur Radley could see the segregation of the people of Maycomb and the prejudice. ...

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This may be because the town of Maycomb respects Calpurnia and knows Calpurnia, but it is most likely due to her role in the Finch family. Calpurnia was the cook, maid, and child caretaker for the Finches, which probably looked like a slave to the town of Maycomb. ... Finally, the occurrence that I believe is the most horrendously racist is when Tom Robinson is shot "escaping from jail." I do not believe that anyone should be shot seventeen times for escaping from jail unless that person was the murderer of many. Tom Robinson did not even do the act for which he was in jail. ...

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Throughout the development of this story line, we see the many layers of racism in Maycomb, Alabama. ... Racism can also be seen in the way the people of Maycomb County react to the trial. ... These feelings of hatred are perhaps the most evident when the mob arrives to lynch Tom Robinson outside of the jail. ... His conviction was the ultimate proof that racism rules over reason in Maycomb County. ...

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Small southern town situated in Maycomb County in the 1930's. ... Cunningham and a gang of men try to storm the jail and lynch Tom, Atticus only says that "Mr. ... His grasp of a morality scale is unparalleled by anyone in Maycomb County. ... Atticus is not only a excellent citizen in Maycomb County, he was also a ethically outstanding man. ...

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She lives in the town of Maycomb, Alabama with her widowed father Atticus, and her older brother by four years, Jeremy Finch (called Jem). ... The family was farmers for a hundred years until Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb while his sister, Alexandra, ran the farm. ... For the first time in decades, there is an unusually cold snap of weather and Maycomb gets snow. ... Back home in Maycomb she tells Jack what Francis had said and Jack becomes furious. ... Atticus is aged fifty and is older than most of the other fathers in Maycomb, which is sometimes a cause of embarrassment for his chil...

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He gets into a number of mischiefs in Maycomb, including the time when Jem, Scout and Dill invades the Radley backyard to get a view of Boo Radley, but that is all part of growing up. ... He is influenced by Atticus so once in a while he would read the newspaper, showing that he wants to know what was going on in Maycomb- a sure sign on maturity. ... When Atticus hears that some of the men in Maycomb were planning to lynch Tom Robinson, he decides to go to the Maycomb jail and watch him. ... When Atticus left for the Maycomb jail, Jem dresses up so he could follow Atticus. ... Atticus knows th...

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It is set in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. Maycomb, like most small southern towns, has a problem with widespread racism toward Negroes. ... He even sat outside of the jail house to make sure that no one touched him. ...

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They also help her realize that injusticelizabethe, poverty, violence and prejudice influenced most people in Maycomb. ... For instance the night after Tom Robinson was takelizabethn to the Maycomb jail. ...

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The people of Maycomb stereotype blacks as being bad people, or Blue Jays. ... Finally, Boo Radley can also be viewed as a mockingbird because he is generally harmless and good-natured, but is viewed as a monster by the rest of Maycomb. The blue jay could be used to represent Bob Ewell, Miss Stephanie, and the mob that visits the jail before the trial. ... Miss Stephanie and the town mob can also be seen as blue jays, Miss Stephanie because of the gossip about Tom, Atticus, and Boo, and the mob because they arrive at the jail house intending to kill Tom, but is turned away by Atticus, Mr. ...

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It is set in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. Maycomb, like most small southern towns, has a problem with widespread racism toward Negroes. ... On the day that Tom Robinson was moved to the Maycomb jail to await his trial, Atticus left the house to go and sit outside of the jail to watch over Tom to make sure that nothing happens to him. ... Suddenly several cars pulled up at the jail. ... He even sat outside of the jail house to make sure that no one touched him. ...

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This idea is portrayed in many aspects of the novel, and is directed towards both groups and individuals in the Maycomb community. ... Prejudice is said to be "Maycomb's usual disease". ... Also, the night before the trial, the lynch mob arrives at the jail like a "Roman Carnival", to "watch a poor devil on trial for his life". ... He believe that they might understand as they have not yet caught "Maycomb's usual disease." ...

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The Maycomb Sheriff, Mr. ... Atticus pulling the trigger and ending Tim Johnson's life is symbolic of how he is attempting to end racism in Maycomb. ... Rabies is regarded as a dangerous disease, but Atticus also believes racism is Maycomb's disease. ... Another very important event to reinforce the ideas previously presented is when Atticus sat in front of the county jail in order to protect Tom Robinson from the expected lynching mob which later arrived. He sat calmly outside the jail and read his newspaper until the country people arrived. ...

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In Maycomb finding courage is extremely hard, especially when it has to do with protecting another race that your entire town despises. Another example of courage is when Atticus protects Tom Robinson in the jail room. In the jail room, an angry mob of white men came rushing in to kill Tom Robinson. Atticus, Jem, and Scout stayed in the jail room all night to protect Tom Robinson and could have been killed by the mob. ... This courageous act saved Atticus and Tom Robinson from being killed that night in the jail room. ...

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Atticus Finch is a defense lawyer for Maycomb County.He's also the honorable father of main character Scout and Jem. ... Atticus represents all of the honorable people in Maycomb County. ... "When Tom Robinson is in the county jail Atticus realizes people will try and go after him to harm him, so Atticus guards him to ensure his safety. ...

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As a man who values respect, Atticus chides his children when they display negative traits of people in Maycomb, "No putting his life's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood"(page 119). ... During the trials, Scout disagrees with the jury when they decided to put Tom in jail but Atticus explained "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to fully respect for their opinions.... Atticus understands that people is Maycomb are not as fortunate as him so he respect their part of the story. ... People of Maycomb have hearts poi...

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Another concern Mayella has is being ostracized by the whole town of Maycomb. ... Tom Robinson's only mistake is being a black man at a time of such racial segregation in Maycomb. ... There is even a plot by a lynch mob consisting of white men, to murder him when he is at the county jail. ... Tragically, Tom Robinson is shot dead at the jail. ... Moreover, Boo Radley was portrayed in such a bad image by many Maycomb folks. ...

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It brought sadness over Maycomb county and every reader to ever pick up To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Yet Tom was thrown in jail or raping Mayella Ewell. He was killed trying to escape that jail which he was wrongfully imprisoned in, shot in the back by an unjust white man law system. ... The responsibility is placed on the reader because of feelings of guilt and sadness for Tom's death; it makes the reader want to change the world due to Maycomb's mistakes. ...

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... He, however, runs away from home to stay with his aunt in Maycomb for the rest of that summer. The trial of Tom Robinson arrives and when he is placed in the local jail a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus has taken up a position outside the jail anticipating this development. ...

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