12 Angry Men and To Kill A Mockingbird

Brain Storming Comp be and contrast the two trials of tomcat Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird and Twelve unwarranted Men. * Similarities * In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus defends gobbler Robinson even though thither was little chance he could win the trial. He did all he could to help tom turkey, and put 100% effort into the trial. In Twelve barbarian Men, juror number 8 defends the son, even though everyone else believes hes guilty. They both did non give up and in it till the end. * They are dealing with prejudice in both.In To Kill a Mockingbird, the prejudice is seen beca employment tom is a black soldiery going against a white mans word, and the jury is all white and prejudice. In Twelve indignant Men, prejudice is seen because the boy in trial is from the slums he is criticized because of where he lives. * jurywoman 8 and Atticus both use evidence and facts to prove their point. They use logos. * In both the book and the play, a life is at stake. The defendant woul d be put in the chair if proven guilty. * You never rein out if the defendant is truly innocent or guilty. You only surface out what the jury decides. The words of witnesses are doubtful. * Differences * Atticus lost the trial, only juror 8 convinced the rest of the jury to vote not guilty. * Atticus is a lawyer, so he was defending Tom in court. Juror 8 was part of the jury and was defending the boy against the rest of the jury, trying to get them to vote not guilty * Tom is accused of rape the boy is accused of murder. * In Twelve Angry Men, at that place is more physical evidence of the crime then in To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird there is mostly just the word of witnesses for evidence.