Just Mercy

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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

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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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis Summary

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

All Themes
Resistance and Advocacy
Systemic Power, Oppression, and Dehumanization
Empathy, Mercy, and Humanization
Media and Public Opinion

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)

All Symbols
To Kill a Mockingbird
Songs/ Hymns

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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