To Kill A

Mockingbird
• Group F3
• Abinash Patra | 0410/56
• Deeksha Sinha | 0419/56
• Haritha Unnikrishnan | 0423/56
• Deviprasanth Kavala | 0432/56
• Prashant Yadav | 0457/56
• Rohit Negi | 0461/56
• Vibhuti Singh | 0478/56
• Rishabh Gupta | 0480/56

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 Personality
Atticus, Scout and Mayella

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 • Conscientiousness – attention to
detail, hard-working, responsible
and dependable
• Emotional Stability – maintains
calm under stressful situations
• Agreeableness – well-liked by
most characters in the film
• Machiavellianism – the ends
justify the means

Atticus Finch
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 • Extraversion – bold, outgoing,
dominating and adventuresome
• Openness to experience –
curious, unafraid, empathetic
• Agreeableness – stubborn,
argumentative, rude

Scout (Jean Louise Finch)

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 • Machiavellianism – Justifies her
actions by what they accomplish
• Self-monitoring – changes her
behaviour in different situations

Mayella Ewell
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 Erik Erikson | Psychosocial
Stages
Industry vs. Inferiority
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Generativity vs. Stagnation

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 • Dill introduces himself by saying he can read
• Scout wanting to read every night
• Jem going to Boo Radley’s house to prove his
Industry vs. competence to Dill
• We see the children becoming aware of the
Inferiority following:
Jem, Scout • Social status : Scout wonders if they are
poor in the opening scene with Mr.
and Dill Cunningham
• Race and society’s attitude towards blacks :
in the courthouse
• Gender : Scout going to school

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 • Mayella Ewell starts giving Tom Robinson
Intimacy vs. household chores and later makes advances on
him
Isolation • She did not have a social circle, only knew a life
Mayella Ewell of domestic abuse
• Spent all her time taking care of the kids

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 • Atticus displays a caring attitude towards his
children
• He was concerned with having a meaningful job
and autonomy
Generativity • Main concern before taking on the case was his
vs. Stagnation children:
• How they will be exposed to racial tensions
Atticus Finch • How his involvement in the case may affect
them
• What values they would imbibe

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 Perception, Attitudes and Biases

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 • Atticus Finch • Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley
Character • Good man and father • Opinion based on a
Perception • Old and boring person past incident
• Perceived negatively
• Change of perception –
Mad Dog Shoot scene on looks
• Change of perception
– Really shy and
caring nature.

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 The concluding statement of • Tom Robinson perceived
Selective Atticus: guilty before trial.
Perception “The witnesses for the State, with
the exception of the sheriff of
• Case based on only
testimony of Ewell and
Maycomb County have presented
themselves to you gentlemen, to this Mayella.
court, in the cynical confidence that
their testimony would not be • Prejudiced based on
doubted, confident that you perception associated
gentlemen would go along with with black.
them on the assumption, the evil
assumption that all Negroes lie, all
Negroes are basically immoral
beings, all Negro men are not to be
trusted around our women.”

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 Anchoring Bias and Intuition: • Contrast Bias
Decision • Words of Bob and
Sheriff: She was pretty well
Making Bias beat up, I asked her if Tom
Mayella Ewell given
higher importance
Robinson beat her like that. She
said, "Yes, he had." I asked if • Escalation of Commitment
he’d taken advantage of her. • Cross Questioning of
She said, "Yes, he did." That's Mayella.
all there was to it.
Atticus: Thank you. Did
anybody call a doctor, Sheriff?
Sheriff: No, sir.
Atticus: Why not?
Sheriff: I didn't think, it was
necessary.

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 • The jury’s judgement of Tom
Robinson –
• Overlooked the arguments
presented in favour of Tom
• Declared Tom guilty despite
arguments proving his
innocence
• Horn Effect
• White Domination –
• People surprised when Tom
Robinson mentions sympathy
for Mayella

Stereotyping
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 • Atticus Finch: “You never really
understand a person until you
consider things from his point of
view, until you climb inside of his
skin and walk around in it.”
• Atticus representing a black man
• Blacks showing respect to Atticus
• Arthur Radley

Breaking the Stereotypes

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 Power, Politics and Influence

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 • Lynch mob outside the jail: Scout
influences Mr. Cunningham
• Scout uses personal appeal:
talks to him eye to eye.
• Referent power of Atticus:
Cunningham is indebted to
Atticus.
• Mayella
• Mayella hides facts in front of
the jury: Coercive power

Power
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 • The Jury and its decision
• The decision was more political
than rational.
• the white supremacist
sentiment wanted to ensure
Tom Robinson was found guilty
• Black people in the court
• Seated in the balcony, away
from the whites: politics in
society
• Rise when Atticus is passing.
Atticus has referent power over
them

Politics
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 • Jem influences Scout and Dill
through referent power
• Jem’s idea of going to Boo’s
house.
• Jem planned of going to check
on Atticus.
• Atticus convinces Scout to
continue to go to school
• Uses rational persuasion to
influence

Influence
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 Conflicts & Negotiation
Atticus and Bob Ewell
Atticus and Heck Tate

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 Conflict between
Atticus and Bob Ewell
• Source of Conflict : Structure (Win –
Lose System)
• Stage of Conflict :
• Perceived conflict at Ewell’s end in the
start which turned to Felt conflict by
the end of the scene
• Negotiation Tactic :
• Bob Ewell : Forcing, Verbal Threat
• Atticus : Avoiding
• Result : Failed Negotiation

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 Atticus uses an avoiding tactic

Bob Ewell utilizes coercive tactics

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 Conflict between Atticus
and Sheriff Tate
• Type of Conflict : Process Conflict
• Negotiation Tactic :
• Collaborating and Problem Solving
at both the ends
• Result : Successful Negotiation

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 Thank You!

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