Jim is knocked unconscious and Scout would have been attacked except for a mysterious man who attacks their assailant‚ then carries Jim home. The sheriff is summoned‚ and we find out that the assailant has been stabbed and killed‚ and it is Boo who has saved the kids. Atticus Finch immediately starts thinking of legal defense for Boo‚ but the sheriff refuses to press charges‚ saying justice has been done. He said it would be like killing a mockingbird‚ referring back to the earlier theme that mockingbirds
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shows God’s anger toward immorality of tavern’s men. Others‚ like the tavern’s men‚ were angry at the Sheriff inability to protect the town. After many reports of abduction and night raid by unspecified being‚ this was the first time it happens in the middle of Hadleyville. The town conducts meeting‚ reflecting and debating on the solution to this monster. Many volunteer to guard at night and the sheriff put up bounty for Grendel’s head. However‚ in the coming night this was proved to useless. The men
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incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were on a train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white boys jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff they had been attacked by a group of black boys. The sheriff stopped the train and searched it. In Paint Rock‚ Alabama‚ they arrested the black boys‚ and found two white girls who accused the boys of rape. The case was first heard in Scottsboro‚ Alabama in three rushed trials
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fall into the category of “an eye for an eye”. Nightwatch was a collection of citizens who patrolled at night monitoring the city for fires and other problems‚ eventually progressing into constable-nightwatch system of policing with the addition of sheriffs and constables. Not only was early policing voluntary‚ it was an unpopular venture and those who could afford it typically paid others to work in their place. Early
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In the novel to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there were numerous occasions where characters were accused of crimes that they did not commit and/or judged differently based on their situation. Tom Robinson is a perfect example of an innocent man wrongly accused of a crime‚ he wasn’t given the same benefit of the doubt any white person in that time period would have been. A man in a very similar situation as Tom Robinson was put in jail for 18 years for a crime he did not commit. The name
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will encourage Arizona police to emulate Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio‚ and use any excuse such as a broken taillight‚ or “walking while Latino” to pull over or detain an immigrant‚ search the person and vehicle‚ question their immigration status‚ and then arrest the person in question. This is a very slippery slope indeed. The second fallacy is the fallacy of composition. Sullivan is assuming that all Arizona police officers will be just like Sheriff Arpaio and use the law to “seize upon any excuse
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it got a chance to attack the people. The dog‚ Tim Johnson‚ is infected with rabies‚ and the best person in Maycomb to rid the county of this hazard is Atticus Finch. The county sheriff therefore summons Atticus‚ an expert marksman does it. Backed by his childrens’ confidence and silent support as well as that of the sheriff‚ Atticus aims at the dog as it slowly enters his surroundings. He concentrates on it and with swift precision‚ ’One shot Finch’ shoots the infected animal and prevents it from
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The Mississippi Burning Trial" was not for the cold-blooded murders of three young civil rights workers‚ but rather for the violation of their civil rights. The federal government wanted to break Mississippi’s "white supremacy" stronghold on the South. "The Mississippi Burning Trial" proved to be the opportunity to do so. The three branches of the federal government and their various departments were actively involved in bringing about this civil rights trial in Mississippi and these activities
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English 103 The Good‚ the Bad‚ and Billy Legendary individuals are rare in our history‚ but if they succeed their name become immortalized within certain objects or actions. William H. Bonney was a man who did what he thought was just‚ but he is not remembered by any means. There is no familiarity besides misconception the he was one of the famous robber couple Bonny and Clyde‚ but his nickname Billy the kid is a name synonymous with such harsh descriptions as cowboy‚ gunslinger‚ rebel‚ and outlaw
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even know half of them. He does not have enough food or supplies for everyone and the risk of one of his men being spotted and followed back to their hide out is becoming a real possibility. External Environmental Analysis: Robin Hood could kill Sheriff Nottingham. He could explore new territory and move some men in different areas. He could tax the villagers and increase revenue immediately. Robin Hood could join the Barons on their quest to collect the ransom to release King Richard. Internal
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