A Time to Kill Review and Commentary - 1952 Words

A Review and Commentary On:A Time to Kill By John GrishamA Time to Kill written by John Grisham is a book that presents the high racial tensions in Canton Mississippi in the early 1990 s. The book opens with two young men, James Lewis Willard and Billy Ray Cobb, joy riding in their brand new yellow pick up truck decked out with Confederate flags. They speed though black neighborhoods throwing full beer bottles at people and houses, until they come across ten-year-old Tonya Hailey walking home from the grocery store. The men pull over, trap her, rape her repeatedly, beat her, hang her, throw her off a bridge and leave her for dead. Her siblings find Tonya later that day, barely alive, her father, Carl Lee Hailey., and the black community†¦show more content†¦Jake calls Carl Lee to stand; Carl Lee admits he felt outside himself during the shooting of the men and how he could not forget Tonya told him that she called out for him while the men were hurting her but he did not com e. When Buckley cross-examines, he pushed Carl Lee to say that he believed that the men deserved to die and he hopes they burn in hell. At that point Jake is convinced that they will lose, he confronts Carl Lee about accepting a plea bargain. Carl Lee refuses, he tells Jake You think just like them (the jury) that s why I picked youÂ… How s a black man ever gonna get a fair trail with the enemy behind the bench and in the jury box? My life is in white hands. You Jake, are my secret weapon- you are one of the bad guysÂ… you don t mean to be but you areÂ… you see me as differentÂ… you see me like that jury sees meÂ… if you were on the jury what would it take to convince you to set me free. That s how you save my ass. The next morning during closing statements, Jake urges the jury to seek truth not with their eyes and minds were fear and hate are a commonality to prejudice, but with their heart where they do not know any better. He then vividly recounts every brutal deta il of Tonya s attack, he asks the jury Can you see her? Now imagine she is white. Carl Lee is found innocent and released immediately; he hurries out to meet and embraces Tonya outside the courthouse. A Time to Kill is anShow MoreRelatedReading Into Amiri Baraka s The Sixties : A Very Compare And Contrast Of Ideas Of Interpretations907 Words   |  4 PagesChania Whitaker Article Review Fall 2015 AAA Literature 20 Reading into Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman in the context of how plays in the early 60s: A compare and contrast of ideas of interpretations. Reading Dutchman by Amiri Baraka was made a bit challenging because it was a play written exclusively for it’s commentary of race relations in America in the time period it was written in. While enjoying black art is important, it’s even more important to truly understand the message it is giving. 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