https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1 Atticus's closing arguments from the trial en-us 2016-11-17 16:27:23 UTC 2016-12-14 15:32:21 UTC hello@padlet.com cmcneal https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138471135 What I think is most important is that he put his morals and judgement aside to tell the audience and jury what he thought would be best for Tom Robinson. To go free. "One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that Yankees and distaff side of the Executive branch in Washington are fond of hurling at us"(274). ]]> 2016-11-17 16:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138471135 cmcneal https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138473654 Atticus's message is that everyone single one of us are equal and that we are all human beings no matter what the race, religion,etc. And that we shouldn't put a man in jail for being a different race. "Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, an dthe truth is this: some Negroes lie, some negroes are immoral, some negro men are not to be trusted around woman-black or white. But the truth applies to the human race and to no one particular race of men"(273)]]> 2016-11-17 16:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138473654 cmcneal https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138476960 "I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake, which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt" (271). This shows how Atticus felt sorry for Mayella but at the same time he also felt a little angry and perturbed by what she had done. ]]> 2016-11-17 16:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/138476960 cmcneal https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/139114764 "Didn't you think she should have had a doctor immediately ?"(235). "the witness said he never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his'n in his life, and if he had it would have cost him five dollars"(235). The proof and reason that there is no medical evidence that could put Tom with Mayella. ]]> 2016-11-21 15:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/139114764 cmcneal https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/139114890 "But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal- there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court...."(274). Shows how it doesn't matter who you you are, we are equal and one. That no one is different and shouldn't be treated as such no matter the skin color/race. ]]> 2016-11-21 15:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cmcneal/3g77hvyx9ox1/wish/139114890