Max's Arguement by christine le https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2 10 Key points in Max's closing statement en-us 2017-09-19 18:41:13 UTC 2017-09-20 04:10:33 UTC hello@padlet.com White societal actions caused the inevitable christinele194 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189057955 "But the way we have treated this boy made him do the very thing we did not want." PG 303 (PDF)
-Bigger could not control his actions due to his bottled up anger. The constant rage from oppression built up inside of him, allowing him to justify the murder.]]> 2017-09-19 18:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189057955 Racism alyssaolivas22 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189062375 "Dare, I deeply mindful of this boy's background and race, put his fate in the hands of a jury (not his peers, but an alien hostile race!)."  pg 298 (PDF) ]]> 2017-09-19 18:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189062375 Ignorance in social classes christinele194 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189063736 "But Jan and Mary were not human beings to Bigger Thomas. Social customs have shoved so far away from them that they were not real to him." pg. 305 (PDF)
-Bigger's actions were based on the social ignorance Jan and Mary presented to him. The cultural shock of having white people treat him with respect caused irrational thought to emerge. He saw this as a threat rather than the kindness.]]> 2017-09-19 18:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189063736 Avoid Responsibilities alyssaolivas22 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189064142 "The most habitual thing for this Court to do is take the line of least resistance and follow the suggestion of the State's Attorney and say 'Death!' And that would not be the end of this crime!" pg 299 (PDF) ]]> 2017-09-19 18:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189064142 Exile will not end the murders christinele194 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189065515 "Do you think that the white daughters in the homes of America will be any safer if you kill this boy? No! I tell you in all solemnity that they won't." PG 303 (PDF)
-By killing off Bigger for his inevitable sin, this will only fuel the black community into causing more murders. The white community has associated Bigger's crime with the black community as a whole]]> 2017-09-19 19:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189065515 Prejudice alyssaolivas22 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189065975 " What atmosphere surrounds this trial?…Every conceivable prejudice has been dragged into this case." Pg 299 (PDF) ]]> 2017-09-19 19:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189065975 The inequality in the trials causes more crimes to occur. alyssaolivas22 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189067021 "Crimes of even greater brutality and horror have been committed in this city. Gangsters have killed and have gone free and killed again. But none of that brought fourth an indignation to equal this." Pg 300 (PDF) ]]> 2017-09-19 19:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189067021 White societal guilt is artificially resolved by the witnessing of this death. christinele194 https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189151260 "My job is to show how nonsensical it is to seek revenge on this boy under the pretense that awe are making a great fight for justice. If we do that, we shall be merely hypnotizing ourselves, and to our own disadvantage." Pg 305 (PDF)]]> 2017-09-20 02:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189151260 Threat of another civil war gdhoulihan https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189162788 "Your Honor, another civil war in these states is not impossible; and if the misunderstanding of what this boy's life means is an indication of how men of wealth and property are misreading the consciousness of the submerged millions today, one may truly come." (Pg310)]]> 2017-09-20 03:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189162788 Prison sentence as a refuge gdhoulihan https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189165198 "To send him to prison would be more than an act of mercy. You would be for the first time conferring life upon him. He would be brought for the first time within the orbit of our civilization. He would have an identity, even though it be but a number."(Pg310)]]> 2017-09-20 04:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christinele194/zp9oininggh2/wish/189165198