1- What does Bob Ewell's testimony lets you infer about the him?

2- Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer that he felt sorry for Mayella?

3- If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statement?

1. What does Bob Ewell's testimony lets you infer about him?

The testimony lets me in on how Bob will do everything to protect himself from the consequences of his act. He is willing to cheat, lie, manipulate and abuse to get what he wants. That is not going to work with Atticus since he strongly believes that Tom Robinson is telling the truth and so might many others since Atticus got Bob to write with his left hand since it makes him a suspect to have been the one to abuse his daughter.

2. Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer: that he felt sorry for Mayella?

Nobody likes Tom Robinson's answer since he is black and therefore he could never feel sorry for a white person since they are above him. In Maycomb and other parts of the world this time the blacks were the most inferior race ever and so it is embarrassing and not acceptable for a Negro to think they are better or that they are actually right.

3. If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statements?

In Atticus closing statement we can see how he truly believes that Tom Robinson is innocent and that he can prove that he is right, he just hopes that the people can see that too. If I were the judge I would sit down and analyze all the evidence that was brought in to the court. I would sit down and put myself in each of the witnesses shoes and see which one has more motive. I would also revise the paper in which they were writing down everything that was being said and see which one of the two witnesses stuttered or had to repeat more things.

1-Bob Ewell´s testimony lets me infer that he is able to lie without resentment, and that he thinks he is smart enough to deceive Atticus and the jury; but Atticus suspects that he is the one who hit Mayella as he is leftie. In the expression “The witness said he never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his’n inhis life, and if he had it would have cost him five dollars.” (pg. 93 Ch. 17 eBook), it is shown how Bob is a father who does not care about his relatives or their health. He is more concerned about the economic cost of a medical consultation, than it is for the health and welfare of his relatives.

2-Anyone liked Tom Robinson´s answer that he felt sorry for Mayella, because of the racial prejudice in the population of Maycomb. They didn´t see right that a black person could feel compassion for a white person, as white people thought they were superior. It was unimaginable that a black person was in a better position than a white individual, and Tom´s answer: “I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em—” (pg. 105 Ch. 19),made the people feel ashamed and embarrassed, as all white people were above black people.

3-If I were in the jury, I would reconsider all the evidence and testimonies of all the witnesses, noticing how Bob´s culpability was more than clear. I would drop the charges on Tom, as he is innocent and Atticus made that clear when he proved that Bob was leftie and he was more capable to hit Mayella than Tom, as he suffered an accident on his left hand what made him disabled. Atticus’ determination to prove Tom´s innocence shows that he truly believed in his testimony, as he was an honorable man who would never hit a woman, and less if she was white, because of the racial prejudice in the population. Atticus said: “And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s.” (pg. 109 Ch. 20), proving how Tom ended sitting in that trial, just because he was black, he was guilty of the atrocities that Bob Ewell did to his own daughter.

2. The reason why no one likes Tom's answer is because they can not possibly imagine that a black person could ever feel sorry for a white person. It is basically a rule that white people are always in better conditions than black people, so it is very rare for a colored person to have the chance to feel sorry for a light skinned person. His statement shows that a black, in this case Tom, is in superior conditions than a white, Mayella.

3. If I was in the jury I would like to think that I would be good at my job and judge people fairly, regardless of what I think of them. It is my job to look over these situations without being biased so I would revise all of the evidence and the testimonies and come to a completely unprejudiced conclusion. I know I would drop the charges on Tom Robinson since there is clearly evidence that rules him out of being guilty. Bob Ewell was more capable of hitting Mayella since he is a left handed man. Tom on the other hand, suffered an accident which affected his left hand. All evidence points to Tom Robinson being innocent. As part of the jury, I would make an educated conclusion and leave out my personal feelings for people. The color of your skin does not determine whether you are a guilty man or not.

2) All the people present did not like Tom's answer because of the racial prejudice background that the town has related with Maycomb's black and white citizens. "I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em—" (page 105) was perceived as a nonsense feeling and immediately rejected for the rest of the people because they did not see right the position that Mr. Robinson takes as he 'defends' Mayella's position a white woman of Maycomb town.

3) If I was in the jury I would drop Tom Robinson's charge since there is no real evidence of his crime. I would be a woman that judges people in a jury based on evidence and proves not in their skin color. 

“Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.” Adlai E. Stevenson

“Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.” Voltaire

1- What does Bob Ewell's testimony lets you infer about the him? We can learn from Bob Ewell's testimony that he is t an abusive father and that he was actually the one that hit his daughter since the guilty one had to  be a left handed person. we learn that he would be able to lie to save himself not caring about anything else or who suffer the consequences for his action as long as is not him. 

2- Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer that he felt sorry for Mayella? People don't like Tom Robinson's answer because they don't think that a colour person should be sorry for a white one since they are better than the Negros. Saying this made the white seem inferior than they should and made them switch roles with the Negros so now they are so low that even a Negro is sorry for them. 

3- If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statement? If I was in the jury my decision would be that Tom Robinson is not guilty because what Atticu's closing statement says was true. In a trial were a white and a black man are fighting against each other a lot of people will believe that the black one is guilty and judging somebody by its skin colour is not fair. I would also say Robinson is not guilty because Atticu's evidence showed that Bob Ewell was the one responsible for the harm not Tom. I would be a fair judge not one who will go with the crow. 

When Bob Ewell's started speaking I could notice the confidence in his words. He had every sentence already planned and was sure that no one was going to doubt his testimony. I noticed how uneducated and how vulgar his manners and language was. When he was referring to his daughter, it seemed to be that he didn't care about her but what he really wanted is to safe himself of what he had actually done. We can see when he says that when he found his daughter screaming, he payed more attention to who did it than to call a doctor for his daughter's health. This is when we can clearly see how cruel and a liar this man is.

2. Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer that he felt sorry for Mayella? 

Nobody likes Tom Robinson's answer because it is very ridicule to them. It would never cross their minds to think that a black person could ever have the chance to feel sorry for a white person. It makes them feel inferior and embarrassed. They think the negro is too full of himself and could never live up to what he is really saying.

3. If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statement? 

When I read Atticus's closing statement I felt very relieved since I had been waiting to hear that throughout the book. We had seen racial prejudice many times in different parts of the book but no one had stood out to defend the rights of black people. If I was in the jury in Maycomb county I would like to think that I would definitely be on Tom's side from the beginning , but the people in the court are too brainwashed and influenced by society's rules. I would want to revise the evidence and think fairly. It don't matter if a person is black or white, that doesn't determine whether they are guilty or not. If you had been in that court and had watched with fair eyes, everyone could have realized that the evidence makes Tom innocent. I think after Atticus's speech, it would have been a harsh wake up call and I would have realized and decide to believe in Tom Robinson.

2. Nobody liked Tom's answer because it was kind of foolish and insane for a black person to feel sorry for a white. It makes the white people think the black have more rights.

3. After hearing what Atticus had to say, I think I would do the same thing many people would've done today. I would have stood up for Tom, and drop the charges, but we all know that was not going to happen at that time. The trials at that time were already decided way before it even happened, and the white people always won against the black people, even if they were the guilty ones.

2. Nobody liked Tom's answer because it made the white people feel uncomfortable due to the fact that they are normally the ones feeling sorry for black people because they "have more rights", not vice-versa. 

3. Based on Atticus closing statement i would have defended and been on Tom's side, like many other people, but the reality back then wasnt like now. We all knew from the moment we heard of the trial that Tom was going to be acused of beign guilty even if he wasn't because that is just the way it was back then.

2. No one liked the answer of Tom Robinson because the people felt awkward when he said that is feeling sorry for a white women.The people reacted that way because they are always the ones feeling sorry fro black people not a negro feeling sorry for a white.

3.This closing statement showed us that he actually cares about Tom and takes very seriously his job to protect him always. My decision would definitely be to drop the charges because there are more people like Bob Ewells that need to be interviewed and aren't because of racism.

2- Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer that he felt sorry for Mayella? 

3- If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statement?

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Bob Ewell's testimony leads me to infer that he is a self-centered man who will try his best to blame someone else for what his wrongdoings. Mr. Ewell blames a colored man for a crime that he did not commit, knowing the racial prejudice during that time, and how he, being white, will have favoritism. His statement shows him as a selfish coward who manipulates and lies his way into life, tricking people into believing the untrue.

Why doesn't anyone like Tom Robinson's answer that he felt sorry for Mayella?

No one liked Tom Robinson't answer about him feeling sorry for Mayella because it was the first time they heard that a black person pitied and felt sorry for a white one. White people are thought to be superior and hearing Tom say that made the white people feel insulted because a subhuman felt pity towards them. His answer put him superior to Mayella because white people were always superior than African Americans in that time.

If you were in the jury, in Maycomb, in 1933, what would your decision be based on Atticus's closing statement?

If I were in the jury in Maycomb, in 1933, my decision, based on Atticus's closing statement, would be to pledge Tom Robinson innocent. Atticus's arguments/case was stronger, logical, and more constant than Mr. Gilmer's arguments/case. Atticus requests the jury to remember the inconsistency between Mayella and Bob Ewell's testimony, in addition to remember Tom's testimony. I would exonerate Tom Rombinson of any crime he was accused of, and so would have the jury, but because of the time period and the racial segregation between the whites and the blacks, he was pledged guilty for a crime he did not commit.

2. People don't like Tom Robinson because he felt sorry for a white woman. People think that black person could be sorry only for black person; and white could be sorry only for white.

3. Based on the closing statement of Atticus I would say that he is trying his best to protect Tom. It is very painful to see that not everyone understands Tom's case. I would defend Tom too, because I think that justice is above of all.