To Kill A Mockingbird Speech Analysis

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Despite the dedication of Atticus Finch, the lack of evidence, and a moving courtroom speech, Tom Robinson was convicted of a crime that he didn’t commit. This verdict causes both those who support Tom’s conviction and those who believed that he was innocent, began to question whether justice was served, and if the trial was fair. As if the conviction wasn’t enough, Tom is killed. Tom’s trial reflects injustice, unfairness, inequality and Prejudice. Throughout the whole novel Inequality and the Differences in social status are explored largely through the social ranking of Maycomb and the wrongful inequality between the whites and the Blacks. Many examples are outlined in Atticus’s closing statement, at the end of the trial, as his last ditch …show more content…
One example of oppression is when Calpurnia, one of the few black people in town who could read and write, ended up teaching Scout how to write. Calpurnia felt that she needed to keep her education to herself because she didn’t want to cause any controversy with family or friends within her community, also she didn’t want anyone to think she was acting better than anyone. It really makes no sense that black people aren’t really offered an education and people like the Ewells were. They only go for the first day, whereas many African Americans would've considered it a privilege to go to school. On page 24 Narrator, Scout, says, “She was furious, when she was furious Calpurnia's Grammar became erratic. When in tranquility, her grammar was as good as anybody's in Maycomb. Atticus said Calpurnia had more education than most colored folks.” This quote shows that Calpurnia is one of the most educated amongst her community and even Atticus's trusts her with not only looking after the children but teaching them. Another example of oppression is displayed when Narrator Scout describes the black church, on page 118 she says, “ It was an ancient paint-peeled frame building, the only church in Maycomb with a steeple and a bell, called first purchase because it was paid from the earnings of freed slaves. Negroes worshiped it on sundays, and white men gambled in it on the weekends.” This not only shows that white people didn’t even seem to care that they were defeating the purpose of the church by gambling in it, but also shows one of the double standards between whites and
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