Thesis: The movie A Time to Kill depicts the racism that African Americans have endured from the white society. .
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Racism and Justice collide when two drunken and remorseless young white men shatter the life of a ten-year-old black girl, Tonya Hailey, as they brutally beat and rape her. In John Grisham's novel rape, racism, and justice all prevail throughout the story A Time to Kill. Carl Lee Hailey, the father of the ten-year-old child takes justice into his own hands by murdering his daughters assailants. As his young defense attorney struggles with the law to save his clients life, racism spreads through the streets of Canton. .
"She watched as he walked around the tree on her right side, and she stared at him as he stared between her legs. When he lowered his pants she turned to the left and closed her eyes. He was hurting her again." The two men that had raped the black child, Tonya Hailey, had no respect for the black folks. When they selected their victim they did not care if she was a child, but yet the fact that she was black gave them more reason to take away her rights as a human. This is evident throughout the rape when one of the assailants.
After the two intoxicated and remorseless men were done with her, the mostly white town found out about this most inhuman crime. They reacted with shock and horror. .
"We picked them up last night for rape." .
"Who'd they rape?" .
"That nigger Hailey-- his daughter." .
"You're kidding?" .
The people of the town could not believe that two of their white people could rape a young child. Not only the fact that she was black, but also a ten-year-old child. Later on chaos erupted in the town of Mississippi after the father of the raped girl, Carl Lee Hailey took justice into his own outraged hands and murdered her two assailants. Racial tension in the town was already apparent, and excelled to more violent action against the black community after the murders.
