Standing Tall With Self Respect - 1107 Words

Mihir Pandya Mrs. Christopher HHSE 1 period 3 4 November 2014 Standing Tall with Self-Respect â€Å"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.† (Mohandas Gandhi). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch exemplifies Gandhi’s quote when he opposes the antiquated values of his town and follows his own conscience. Atticus faced with an arduous case. He defends a Negro named Tom Robinson, who Bob Ewell, the â€Å"white trash† of the town, accuses for raping his daughter, Mayella Ewell. Even though it is oblivious to the people of Maycomb that it was Bob who beat his daughter when she meet with Robinson, the towns people also know that due to the fact of Robinson being black, he will be tried guilty. In the documentary, American Experience- Scotsboro: An American Tragedy, another lawyer, Samuel Leibowitz, is confronted with a similar conflict. He must defend nine boys who were faulty accused of raping two white women on a train ride. Regardless of the conspicuous evidence in defense of the boys, they are still sentenced to death by the all white jury. Despite this, Leibowitz continues to rightfully fight for them, and he eventually frees all of them from their death sentence. Similar to Leibowitz, Atticus moves past this racial barrier, and does his best to rightfully defend Robinson. Atticus must do this to continue to stand tall in society, which means he needs honor, which can only be maintained if he rightfully defends Robinson. Lee characterizesShow MoreRelatedHistory of Women in High-Heeled Shoes Essay1162 Words   |  5 Pages Standing Above the Rest â€Å"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.† - Marilyn Monroe. Women in high-heeled shoes can be traced back to the 1600’s, when women began to dress as men did in order to achieve a sense of equality. Today, heels are seen as a classy and polished form of everyday fashion. Why save heels for after 5 o’clock? 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