Like I have mentioned previously, times have changed, not the actions. This translates out to: Overtime, the way things operate and pan out don't really change, the true change is the fact that time is moving. Evidence from the text and the news are brought together to prove how these things are related.
In the book Tom Robinson was accused with raping Mayella Ewells. Ask yourself this question: Based off of evidence provided and the timing period, do you truly believe Tom was "wrong" or "guilty"?
The text states on page 315 "They shot him. He was running. It was during their exercise period. They said he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over it." It then goes on further to say "Seventeen bullet holes in him."
In my opinion, seventeen shots is unnecessary and overkill. Consider the circumstances: He was trying to escape. They gave no warning, he was straight up shot. If something like this were to happen and someone tried to escape, I would see it reasonable to try and "intimidate" them by shooting, but seventeen bullets? That is really depressing and in my perspective flat out uncalled for.
If they guards were making an attempt to get Tom down, or fix the problem, a warning should've been served. Also remembering, Tom Robinson is a BLACK male.
This really ties together with all the killings and deaths of young black men. The hashtag "black lives matter" has gone viral and is really showing that actions from the past, effect actions for the future. Trayvon Martin Shooting shows the quick facts about what happens. By looking at this recent event and referring back to TKAM, the similarities should be quite obvious.
In conclusion, we live in a revise and repeat society. Thing happen, some thing are "changed" and in turn, the actions are once done again. The image to the left is showing the water cycle. Like society, it seems to be a complete cycle that is repeating.~Lezi M. Truesdale
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