As you followed the action in the courtroom, which character did you empathize with the most? least? Explain.
I empathize with Tom Robinson the most. Throughout the whole incident at the courtroom, Tom Robinson was desperately trying to prove himself innocent, yet in the end he found guilty of sexually assaulting Mayella Ewell (when he was innocent). Despite all evidence pointing in Tom Robinson's favour, he was found guilty and placed in prison. At this point I could feel the anger of Tom Robinson and the feeling of injustice, when he had tried to be helpful and yet he was framed by the same person he had helped. When everything was clear that he was not the culprit and yet he was found guilty. Even before the court case, everyone had already found him guilty of the crime, simply because he was a black. In the end when he died because he was trying to escape, I really felt sad for him.
I empathize least with Bob Ewell. In the first place he was the culprit, and yet tried to cover up his crime by framing Tom Robinson, using the fact that Tom Robinson was a black to his advantage. Despite Bob Ewell already being very unpopular with the people of Maycomb County already, people still supported his side when he was against Tom Robinson, because Tom Robinson was a black. He even assaulted his own daughter, and made her accuse Tom Robinson of it. I feel that he is really evil and does not deserve sympathy.
HOWEVER, as stated the the previous blog post, we must look at the reason why a person is as such. Perhaps Bob Ewell had a traumatic experience before, or something happened to him that made him so. It is not stated in the book, so we cannot judge Bob Ewell fairly.
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