Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Reverand Sykes is the black man who preaches at first purchase and is nice to jem and cout and sits with them during toms trial. Reverend Sykes was the leader of the black congregation in Macomb, Alabama.
During the trial of Tom Robinson, blacks were allowed to observe, but only from the balcony. Atticus Finch's children, Jem and Scout, were forbidden by their father from attending trials. Nevertheless, Jem led Scout and their friend Dill based on the true life Truman Capote to town to see the trial.
The main floor was so crowded the children couldn't get in. Up in the balcony, Reverend Sykes cleared space for the three children in the front row. They watched the trial, with Jem claiming Scout could not understand the details of the rape trial.
Scout demurred. Despite a valiant and thoroughly unappreciated effort by his most of his white peers , the jury came back with a verdict of guilty; Jem hung his head. The white crowd on the ground floor slowly cleared out until only Atticus Finch was left, first bucking up Tom for the appeal, then checking with the court reporter to make sure the transcript would be ready for appeal. At last, he put his papers in his briefcase and walked down the main aisle toward the exit.
Unbeknownst to him, the entire black audience in the balcony had remained. As he passed beneath them, they all silently rose in tribute. Scout had fallen asleep, leading to one of the greatest lines in all cinema, as Reverend Sykes whispers to her, "Jean Louise, stand up.
Your father's passing. They go to the courthouse. But, the white section is completely full so Reverend Sykes, the the black preacher at Calpurnia's church invites them to the black balcony where they sit with him.
Jem, Scott, and Dill go to the upper gallery of the courtroom. The Rev makes room for them to sit at the front of the balcony. Sykes felt about the outcome. But i think that Rev wasnt happy. By Harper Lee. Previous Next. Walter Cunningham Jr. Tired of ads? He takes a risk in doing so: white people may say negative things about him for bringing white children into the African-American section of the court, and even some African Americans may say Scout and Jem do not belong there.
But Reverend Sykes is looking beyond the color barrier. No white person on the main floor offered seats. Post a Comment. Feminism advocates that social, political, and all other rights should be equal between men and women.
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