To Kill a Mockingbird #7

Blog #7

In Maycomb, there is an extreme problem with discrimination. With every case involving both a black and white, the jury normally finds the black man guilty. They are very prejudice when it comes to the verdict. The jury knew that Tom Robinson was innocent but couldn't put their vote in favor of him because he's a black man. I think that's completely unfair and I'm beyond glad that they made the Jim Crow Laws.

Some of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird agreed with the the verdict but others knew the real truth. Jem and Scout were very disappointed by the verdict. I think they were very proud that Atticus defended Tom Robinson but I know that they wished that the outcome was different. They knew that Tom Robinson was innocent and from the evidence that Atticus gave, they believed that he was innocent more and more. In the story, Aunt Alexandra didn't really react to the verdict and I think that's because she agreed with it. Aunt Alexandra believes that whites are superiors to everyone and she thought that Tom should be in jail. I also think that when she saw how bummed Scout, Jem, and Atticus were, her mind changed. Bob Ewell on the other hand was extremely glad that the case went the way he wanted. He agreed with the verdict and knew that the jury were going to favor Mayella but he wasn't glad about how it got there. Atticus exposed the truth and although they voted in favor of the pauper, they exposed that his story was a fraud and I think that he sences that there will be a subsequent action for what happened in the courthouse. Mrs. Maudie was very calm about the outcome of the case. She wanted to comfort the kids without really letting he opinion being know. I think that she disagreed with the outcome and thought Bob Ewell as well as Mayella deserved to be punished for lying in a courthouse. I think she thought the outcome of the case, was irrelevant to the actual event. The jury voted in favor of the Ewells because Tom Robinson was a black man and shes knows that's wrong.