Monday, April 2, 2012

Wiley Summarizer 17-21

     The setting of this section was in the Maycomb, Alabama courtroom. While I was reading the chapters, I felt that the most important event was Tom Robinson was found guilty because everyone knew that he was innocent and everyone knew that a black man couldn't beat a white woman in court.This part of the story was important because it shows how bad the people were back in the day. You had to be a royal jerk to know that someone was innocent and send them to jail or even get them killed. These events influence Atticus, Jem, Scout, and Tom Robinson. It made Atticus feel very angry. It mad Jem super mad. It made Scout cry, and it made Tom Robinson probably feel like crap because he knew he was innocent. To go along with the events is the tone. I felt that the tone of this section was mixed up because at first it was hopeful and then it was just gloomy.
     My groups literature circle was good. As a group we felt that these next things were important. We felt that it would suck to be a black back in the day because people were so mean to them. We felt that all people were created equal. We felt that a symbol in this section was when Atticus loosened his watch and tie, trying to connect more to the jury by being like them. The conflict in this section was obviously the Tom Robinson trial. To intensify the suspense, it took the jury a long time to come to a conclusion. This outcome was effected by him being black and her being white.
     Tom Robinson was found guilty because of the color of his skin. Everyone knew he was innocent but could find him innocent because


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