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It was as if the entire judicial system was rigged against him and his daughter from the beginning.īob explained that he heard his daughter scream and rushed to her, only to find Robinson sexually assaulting her. How was Bob supposed to feel comfortable and sufficiently supported to testify about the horrifying rape of his daughter, today's activists might ask.
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When Bob described the screams his daughter made on the night of the alleged rape as sounding “like a stuck hog inside the house,” the judge gave him a stern look of disapproval. Feminists would question whether that made them less deserving of justice.Įven the judge was hostile, putting Bob in his place right out of the gate after he made a subtle joke about his deceased wife.
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“No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings,” the description read. The Ewells had been described as low-class degenerates. Next on the stand was Ewell’s father, Bob. Tate first said it was Ewell’s left eye, but Finch, practically badgering him at this point, made him rethink his answer, which he changed. Finch asked Tate to describe Ewell’s injuries - he even asked which of her eyes was bruised. Then Finch began trying to poke holes in Tate’s description of the night the alleged rape occurred. But if we were to look at this as a modern tale of victim-blaming, questioning an alleged victim (or her witnesses) about why she didn't immediately go to a doctor would be heresy. Rape kits were not available in the early 1930s, when Ewell’s alleged rape occurred. Something sho’ happened, it was obvious.” Instead, Finch insisted and demanded to know why neither Tate nor the Ewells called a doctor following the reported incident. Never mind that Tate didn’t actually witness the alleged rape - he was testifying on behalf of an alleged rape victim, and thus should have been treated with more compassion. He was hostile toward Heck Tate, a witness for the prosecution who was the first person the Ewells called to the scene. Ewell and her father both claimed that Robinson beat and raped her, but Finch dared question the account. With the increasing focus on sexual assault, if “To Kill A Mockingbird” were taught in women’s studies classes today, Finch would have to be labeled the villain of the book for not accepting at face value an accuser’s tale of rape and for posing difficult, painful questions to her on the witness stand.įinch was the defense attorney for Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. So as I understand it, Atticus Finch is now the bad guy in "To Kill A Mockingbird," because he doubted a story about rape.- December 2, 2014