To kill a mockingbird: chapter 20 — atticus challenges the jury to rise above the “evil assumptions” that bob and mayella ewell are con dent that the jury will accept. what are these “evil assumptions”? how do these assumptions prevent the jury from seeing tom robinson for who he really is? how do these evil assumptions—or stereotypes—threaten justice?

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !