Part one of term paper
The popular opinion in society is always the opinion of the majority of society. Due to this simple fact, minorities often are ignored when they attempt to voice their opinions and are sometimes scrutinized for it. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird many such examples exist, as well as in The Grapes of Wrath and the short story The Lottery. ...

Part two of term paper
... circumstantial evidence is all but presented. His lawyer, Atticus Finch describes the case in this quote, "In our courts when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins. They're ugly, but those are the facts of life." There is a sense of support for the African-Americans present in the novel too. Mr. Dolphus Raymond states his opinions of discrimination to Dill perfectly, "You aren't thin-hided, it just makes you sick, doesn't it?" Atticus also tells his child ...