HELP ASAP I WILL GIVE 20 POINTS AND GIVE BRAINLIEST The Spirit of Liberty: Scottsboro Boys Activator

Directions: Read the following quote and answer the questions that follow.

In 1944, federal judge Learned Hand gave a speech on the spirit of liberty, in which he reflected:

“I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.”

1. Which does Judge Hand believe is a more powerful force in society, the law or the hearts and minds of citizens?
Judge hand believes that the hearts and minds of citizens are more powerful than the law in society and I know this because in his speech he says “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.” In this part of the speech he is saying that without the hearts of men and women there is no constitution, law, or court.

2. To what extent does the Tom Robinson trial and its verdict in To Kill a Mockingbird reflect Judge Hand’s belief?
The Tom Robinson trial and it’s verdict reflects Judge Hand’s belief that the hearts and minds of citizens are more powerful than the law in society because the evidence of his trial points to Tom being innocent but then the jury’s beliefs of law made everyone believe that Tom was guilty.

3. What do you think?

a. to introduce the audience to important characters .

b. to inform the audience where the story takes place .

e. to lay out specific details about different plot points.

"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.