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Examples Of Judge Taylor In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Best or Worst Judge in Maycomb Judge Taylor, in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a confusing character that seems to have his own limits. With his heals on his desk he stays so quiet, people think he fell asleep. He will, at times, show a little kindness, but he will also blow up if anyone says something out of turn. He will always stay fair, never breaking the rules in court. Judge Taylor, an unusual character, fakes many people into believing he is laid back, he runs his court fairly, and also kind at some moments and rude at other moments. Throughout the entire court room scene, Judge Taylor will always lay back, prop his feet on his desk, get out his pocket knife to clean his nails, and listen very closely to everything that happens in his court. He gives the impression the he does not follow very strictly to the law. Readers see that this is not true in the end of chapter sixteen: “and although he seemed to take his job casually, in reality, he kept a firm grip on the proceedings that came before him.” When Taylor gave the impression of dosing, a lawyer threw some books on the ground to try. Taylor replied if he did that again, he would charge one …show more content…

He will not allow anything considered illegal to help the innocent but will make it as just a trial as possible. When a man named Link Deas stood up in the crowd and starts saying how great Tom has worked for him, Taylor firmly says for the recorder to expunge what had happened in the last few minutes. “’I just want you whole lot to know…That boys worked for eight years…not had a speck of trouble’ ‘shut your mouth, sir!…’”(page 223). Also, in chapter twenty, it was fair for Atticus to stop acting like a lawyer and plead to the jury to make the obviously right choice to the jury. Since he considered this as legal, he let him. This shows that Judge Taylor cared for a fair court even if it meant that the innocent are

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