Chapter 18-19 Why does Dill Cry? Explain the situation in detail. How does this relate back Atticus's comment about having a police force of children? (Kate)
c) Why does Dill cry? Explain the situation in detail. How does this relate back to Atticus’s comment about having a police force of children? (210).
During the trial, Dill cries because of the way that Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom Robinson. While cross-examining Robinson Mr. Gilmer kept "calling him 'boy' all the time and sneering at him" (Lee 226). Mr. Gilmore doesn't treat him like the other witnesses. He speaks to Robinson as if he was already guilty and because he is a Negro nobody else seems to care all that much. However, Dill doesn't feel that way, he thinks that "it ain't right to do them that way. Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that–it just makes me sick" (Lee 226). Dill sees the difference in how people are being treated based on their race and doesn't believe that it is just because of the courtroom.
Dill cries because he sees a definitive wrong in how Tom Robinson is being treated. Children generally have a more defined sense of right and wrong which is why Atticus jokingly suggested a police force of children. Dill sees how Mr. Gilmer is already biased against Tom Robinson. Dill’s childish sense of justice causes him to be upset.
When Dill sees how Tom Robinson being treated, he can see a large difference between how Mr. Gilmer was speaking to Mr.Ewell and how he was speaking to Tom. Scout can't understand how Dill feels do to explain, Dill says, "'I know all that Scout. It was the way he said it made me sick, plain sick.'" (Lee 226). This shows that Dill empathises with Tom Robinson because he doesn't care about the color of his skin, he cares about him and a human and sees that he is being treated inappropriately and wrong.
I agree with Kate that Dill was crying because of the way in which Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom Robison. Even at a young age, Scout, Dill, and Jem are all realizing the affects of racism in their world. Because of the ways Tom is being treated it causes Dill to feel sick and sad, "It just makes you feel sick doesn't it" (Lee 226).
Dill cries because he sees a definitive wrong in how Tom Robinson is being treated. Children generally have a more defined sense of right and wrong which is why Atticus jokingly suggested a police force of children. Dill sees how Mr. Gilmer is already biased against Tom Robinson. Dill’s childish sense of justice causes him to be upset.
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ReplyDeleteWhen Dill sees how Tom Robinson being treated, he can see a large difference between how Mr. Gilmer was speaking to Mr.Ewell and how he was speaking to Tom. Scout can't understand how Dill feels do to explain, Dill says, "'I know all that Scout. It was the way he said it made me sick, plain sick.'" (Lee 226). This shows that Dill empathises with Tom Robinson because he doesn't care about the color of his skin, he cares about him and a human and sees that he is being treated inappropriately and wrong.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kate that Dill was crying because of the way in which Mr. Gilmer is treating Tom Robison. Even at a young age, Scout, Dill, and Jem are all realizing the affects of racism in their world. Because of the ways Tom is being treated it causes Dill to feel sick and sad, "It just makes you feel sick doesn't it" (Lee 226).
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