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Why does Atticus take Tom Robinson’s case knowing that he’ll lose? Why does Mayella Ewell lie on the witness stand? What qualities make Atticus a good father?
Atticus calls only one witness — Tom Robinson. Tom tells the true story, being careful all the while not to come right out and say that Mayella is lying. However, Tom makes a fatal error when he admits under cross-examination that he, a black man, felt sorry for Mayella Ewell.
Atticus Finch: padre de Scout y Jem, un abogado encomendado a defender a Tom Robinson, un hombre de raza negra acusado de violación. Viuda, trabajador y muy inteligente, Atticus se presenta como la imagen moral y la justicia, de los valores y del bien en la obra.
Why does Atticus take Tom Robinson’s case knowing that he’ll lose? Why does Mayella Ewell lie on the witness stand? What qualities make Atticus a good father?
Why does Atticus take Tom Robinson’s case knowing that he’ll lose? Why does Mayella Ewell lie on the witness stand? What qualities make Atticus a good father?
Spitting in Atticus’s face is, in their understanding, not enough to make Mr. Ewell okay with what happened. Atticus isn’t afraid because he understands that courage doesn’t have to be physical—it can be simply standing up to someone and refusing to engage or retaliate.
Atticus Finch elicits in his direct examination of Tom Robinson and his confrontational cross-examination of Mayella. In this short essay, I examine these courtroom scenes in detail to see what more they can tell us of Atticus and what light they shed on the otherwise obscure life of Mayella Ewell.
