Representation of Justice and Laws Applied in the 1962 Film 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

To Kill a Mockingbird
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………...3
The StoryLine of To Kill a Mockingbird………………………………………………..3
How the Constitutional Law Applies To Kill a Mockingbird…………………………4
How the Criminal Law Applies To Kill a Mockingbird……………………………….6
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….7
References………………………………………………………………………………..8
Introduction
The film To Kill a Mockingbird was released in 1962. Robert Mulligan directed this dramatic movie. Through Atticus Finch’s (Gregory Peck) children, Jem (Phillip Alford), who is 10-years-old and Scout (Mary Badham), who is 6-years-old, the viewer learns several things about racism and bias within the Maycomb community in Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird uses the 1932s realities of Alabama. Despite courts being the potential emphasizer of justice, the film portrays that justice is not always served and that several factors can influence the jury’s decision, resulting in the wrong judgment. The paper focuses on the storyline of To Kill a Mockingbird and the laws that apply to the film.
The StoryLine of To Kill a Mockingbird
During the time that To Kill a Mockingbird was produced in the 1960s, there were no civil rights injustices compared to what is aired in the news today. Racial hatred and bigotry were the norms of the day. To Kill a Mockingbird illustrates how justice was based on skin color and what it meant to be a black person in a courtroom dominated by white people. Finch is presented as a professional lawyer who has unimpeachable ethics, which is why the judge chose him to defend Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), the black person who was wrongfully accused of a crime he did not commit. Robinson was charged with raping Mayella Violet Ewell (Collin Wilcox), a white female (Rothman, 2015). After Finch accepted to be Robinson’s attorney, many people in the city turned against him and his children for representing a black man. Indeed, it appears that Bob Ewell (James Anderson) held a grudge against Finch, who was only performing his duties. Based on Finch’s perspective, Robinson’s situation was for justice to be served regardless of the indi...