class notes A period Tom's testimony, Atticus's closing

• Tom is sad for mayella because she has no friends and her dad is an abusive drunk

•  Seven unhelpful siblings
• Tom used to fix a lot of things for mayella
• Tom says on his way home he saw mayella on the porch and she asked him to help her with something inside
• Door she asked him to fix was fine
• Get something from ontop of the chifferobe
• Pulls him down and kisses him
• "Ive never kissed a man before, might as well kiss a n*****" mayella
• Knocks chair over and tries to get away
• "are you saying that mayella is lying?" no she is mistaken in her mind
• Double edge sword
• Saying that white person is lying
• "why did you run" i was scared when bob came in
• "if you were not guilty why would you run" if im a black man in there i will be blaimed
• double-bind situation
• someone put a rope and tied you on one wrist and another rope on the other wrist and send them off in different directions
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• Atticus' final testimony
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• This case is black and white
• black and white = plain to see OR about racism
• No medical evidence of rape
• There is no one in this courtroom who hasn't told a lie
• There isn't a single man here that hasn't ever looked upon a white woman with desire
• One place where we are all equal: the court room
• Some people bake better cakes
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