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Post by MsElliott on Nov 10, 2015 23:30:57 GMT
Describe the function, in the following passage, of Atticus repeating the words "all" and "some" several times each?
Passage from Chapter 20:
"The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Macomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption - the evil assumption - hat all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.
Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women - black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men."
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Post by lindadate on Nov 14, 2015 23:54:10 GMT
Atticus repeating the words 'all' and 'some' shows how people make generalisations about certain people based on prejudices about race, class and gender. He contrasts the commonly held opinions that "all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women" with the real truth that "some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women". He is trying to illustrate that fact that Negroes and whites are equal, and that there are both bad and good people in both races.
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Post by laurah on Nov 15, 2015 10:02:17 GMT
Atticus repeating the words 'all' and 'some' shows how people make generalisations about certain people based on prejudices about race, class and gender. He contrasts the commonly held opinions that "all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women" with the real truth that "some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women". He is trying to illustrate that fact that Negroes and whites are equal, and that there are both bad and good people in both races. I agree, people make generalisations about a whole community based on only the actions of one of them. |
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Post by Hope15 on Nov 15, 2015 12:40:09 GMT
Atticus repeating the words 'all' and 'some' shows how people make generalisations about certain people based on prejudices about race, class and gender. He contrasts the commonly held opinions that "all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women" with the real truth that "some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women". He is trying to illustrate that fact that Negroes and whites are equal, and that there are both bad and good people in both races. I agree, people make generalisations about a whole community based on only the actions of one of them. I agree with both of your comments. It shows how the entire race was discriminated against for the actions of so few and just how much of an impact this had for a long time. |
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Post by emilyhadzalic on Nov 19, 2015 11:12:31 GMT
Atticus repeating the words 'all' and 'some' shows how people make generalisations about certain people based on prejudices about race, class and gender. He contrasts the commonly held opinions that "all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women" with the real truth that "some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women". He is trying to illustrate that fact that Negroes and whites are equal, and that there are both bad and good people in both races. I agree, people make generalisations about a whole community based on only the actions of one of them. I also agree, and the way Atticus is saying all this in front of the whole court room while emphasing the words 'all' and 'some' makes it seem like he's trying to educate the entire community about the unfair way they view others. |
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