Friday, December 13, 2013

What are Miss Stephanie Crawford's views on Tom Robinson, the Finches, and the trial in To Kill a Mockingbird?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss
Stephanie Crawford does not directly comment upon Tom Robinson's death; however, earlier
in the narrative (Chapter 6), she does employ the pejorative term of
n****r.


When Nathan Radley fires his shotgun and says that
he shot at "a Negro" in his collard patch, Miss Stephanie makes a bad joke in reference
to Mr. Nathan,


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"Scared him pale. Says if anybody sees a white
nigger around, that's the
one." 



In Chapter 24, she
taunts Scout at the Missionary Tea, asking her if she wants to become a lawyer after the
Tom Robinson trial and Atticus's being spat upon by Bob Ewell. This taunt would indicate
that, perhaps, she feels that Atticus should not have bothered to defend
Tom. 
Also, in Chapter 25 Miss Stephanie, that "English channel of gossip" is
quick to pass on the word that Mr. Ewell said that Tom's death "made one down and about
two more to go." This eagerness to pass on such gossip indicates that she disapproves of
Atticus's having defended Tom.

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