Question

To Kill A Mocking Bird

15. While on the stand, Atticus calls Tom “Tom”, while Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, calls him “Robinson” or “boy”. How does this juxtaposition tell us something about the characters of Atticus and Mr. Gilmer?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Atticus is more clever than Mr. Gilmer. He asks Mayella questions, but they are not sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial for Mr. Gilmer to object to them