Ambition: The theme of ambition in the novel has been shown through the legal commitment of Atticus Finch who is determined on saving the poor man, Tom Robinson.Scout appears at that moment to save him as well as her father to show that goodness wins by the end. Whereas Atticus tries to save Tom, it becomes clear that the witnesses are hell-bent on getting him awarded a sentence or even lynched to death. Conflict between Good and Evil: To Kill a Mockingbird shows the conflict between good and evil through the characters of Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Tom.Then Boo begs Scout to walk up to his home that she does, and then he disappears never to come back again. The sheriff, though, decides to frame Bob for attacking them and falling on his how knife. However, there is confusion about his killer as being Boo or Jem. In the meanwhile, the police arrive and discovers that Bob is dead through his own folly, or as it seems though Boo kills him with his knife. Jem’s arm is broken while Boo Radley, as it appears later, jumps in and rescues the children. ![]() However, he rather takes a long route of avenging by attacking the children of Atticus when they are at the Halloween pageant. He even plays havoc with Bob’s reputation that he has already lost, while he spits on him and tries to bully the judge as well as the widow of Tom, the poor victim. ![]() On the other hand, Atticus does his best to make the witnesses feel the guilt. Tom, in the meanwhile, tries to flee the jail and is shot dead as a result. However, Atticus’s optimism about the final justice led him to go for an appeal. Despite these two witnesses having the shady background, the jury sentences Tom which jolts the conscience of the children. It then becomes clear that the animosity of Mayella is on account of the rebuff she faced from Tom for her sexual encounters, while Bob is already nobody in the eyes of the public, for he is the least-trusted person in the city. However, the Reverend Sykes takes Jem, Dill, and Scout to watch the trial and they see that Atticus confronts Bob and Mayella about their testimony, saying that they are entirely liars. Scout, meanwhile, talks to the father of her friend in an unexpected manner, who happens to be present in this group of the people, and the situation is defused as the people disperse.ĭespite his daughter’s fearless support, Atticus does not want his children to involve in the saga or join the trial. When a group thinks of lynching Tom to death, Atticus confronts them. Even though Scout thinks of standing up to the bullies, her father does not allow it to her and pacifies her rather. They call their father, Atticus, as n**-lover, and so on. It happens that his children Jem and Scout become the butt of jokes and taunts of the children of the town. Despite disapproval from the Maycomb public about Tom’s defense, Atticus takes up the case and tries to protect Tom from the legal folly of sentencing a black without having committed a crime. Meanwhile, an African-American man, Tom Robinson, is accused of committing the crime of molesting a white lady, Mayella Ewell, for which Atticus is appointed by the judge, Taylor, as a defense attorney. Therefore, the speculations about him continue. Although he sometimes peeped through his door to have an affectionate look at the children, he never emerges out of his home, which terrifies them at first. As the three enjoy each other for two summer breaks, they soon find out that somebody is leaving gifts for them in the tree outside the house of Radley, the recluse. However, the children’s imaginations weave tales about the recluse, making him a butt of their rumors as well as tales. Living in austerity, the recluse, termed Boo, in the neighborhood, who always stays away from the community. ![]() Jem also joins them and the trio enjoy life but are terrified of the recluse, Arthur Radley, who lives in their neighborhood in Maycomb. Named as Scout Jean Louise Finch, the girl befriends Dill, a boy, who visits her town, Maycomb, each summer to pass his holidays with his aunt. The narrator of the novel is the six-year-old girl, Scout, who lives with her brother and father in Maycomb.
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