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Jerred Anderson 3/22/12 TKAM # 2

__ Comparison between To Kill A Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Trial __

In the hot Summer of Maycomb, Alabama; the trial of Tom Robinson took place. After many arguments, pleas for innocence, and shocking revelations, Tom Robinson was found guilty for beating and raping Mayella Ewell. Even after famous lawyer Atticus Finch tried to give Tom Robinson his freedom, the jury decided Tom was guilty. You may find that this case is similar to one in American history.

In the marvelous novel known as To Kill A Mockingbird, the book talks about several topics that are known in American History. Some of them are Civil Rights Era, the KKK, discrimination, racism, and even the infamous Scottsboro Trial. In TKAM (To Kill A Mockingbird), Harper Lee talks about the Tom Robinson Trial. This trial is very identical to the Scottsboro Trial. In both of these trials, it deals with black people being treated unfairly by the justice system and people who are accused of raping white woman. Even though both these trials are the same, they have some differences. For one, one black man is accused of raping a girl in the To Kill A Mockingbird and in the real life Scottsboro Trials; nine black teenagers are accused of raping two teenage girls. Sadly, in both of these trials the young men were all found guilty and they either went to prison or they were killed.