Thursday, November 15, 2012

According to Scout, what does a jury do when they've found a defendant guilty, and is exactly what Tom's jury does?

Being the daughter of an attorney provides Scout with insight about how court proceedings, procedures, and policies work because her father discusses those things at home sometimes. Scout is also very intelligent and observant; so she picks up on the little things, such as the mannerisms of a jury. At the end of chapter 21, the jury is done deliberating and makes its way back into the courtroom. Everyone is very anxious to find out if Tom Robinson will be acquitted or convicted. Based on Atticus's strong defense, which smashed the prosecution's allegations to pieces, there are high hopes that Tom could actually go free. Scout's description of the moments surrounding the reading of the verdict is as follows:



"I saw something only a lawyer's child could be expected to see, could be expected to watch for, and it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty.


"A jury never looks at a defendant it has convicted, and when this jury came in, not one of them looked at Tom Robinson" (211).



Scout notices that the jury doesn't look at Tom because they know the news they have for him is bad.

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