Just Mercy
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Epilogue Postscript Acknowledgements Author’s Note
Themes
All Themes Resistance and Advocacy Systemic Power, Oppression, and Dehumanization Empathy, Mercy, and Humanization Media and Public Opinion
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Bryan Stevenson Walter McMillian Ralph Myers Steve Bright Henry Stevenson’s grandmother Judge Robert E. Lee Key Harper Lee Minnie McMillian Karen Kelly Ronda Morrison Sheriff Tom Tate Vickie Pittman The older man in the wheelchair Simon Benson J.L. Chestnut and Bruce Boynton District Attorney Ted Pearson Michael Lindsey Herbert Richardson District Attorney Tom Chapman Charlie Ian Manuel Antonio Núñez Trina Garrett George Stinney Mrs. Williams George Daniel “The white guard” Marsha Colbey Joe Sullivan Anthony Ray Hinton
Terms
All Terms Southern Prisoners Defense Committee (SPDC) Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Jim Crow Post-Reconstruction Era Reconstruction Era Alabama Bureau of Investigations Attica Prison Riots The Old Rugged Cross Confederates Retrial Direct Appeal Postconviction Collateral appeal Rule 32 Petition Voting Rights Protests of 1965 (Selma-to-Montgomery Marches)
Symbols
All Symbols To Kill a Mockingbird Songs/ Hymns
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Setting Situational Irony Style Tone
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Just Mercy

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Bryan Stevenson

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