Plan for Maycomb

Ballers Unite

            The Plan: The Plan of action to get both sides of the town to interact is to have a town basketball game.  The only catch is that each team must be half black and half.  This is to ensure that this game promotes integration and is not simply a black vs. white game.  All participants of the game will be given a medal because they chose to participate in an event that has people of different ethnicities in it.  Each team will be composed of ten men who will each play an equal amount of time.  I will hire security guards in case an altercation breaks out.  This game is to promote integration between the black and the white community.  This will be a public event and everybody can attend for 25 cents.  This money will be given to both the African American and the White schools for renovations and new books.

            How it will be worked out:  The way it will be carried out is simple.  We have a town basketball court indoors inside the Church of Maycomb County.  We will use the Court as it has the required court and bleachers.  We will also give a donation to the church for letting us use the basketball court.  The refs for the game will be Atticus Finch and Mr. Taylor as they are both unbiased men and have been known as great basketball players in the past.  We will also hire cops to act as security guards to make sure no fights outbreak.  

• Donation to Church $20
• Hiring Security Guards $40
• Buying a Basketball $10
• Buying Team Uniforms $100

To Take a Stand

I believe to take a stand is to have a belief and stay put with it.  By this, I mean that someone should either promote or stop a view that they either agree with or oppose no matter what adversities they face.  One example of taking a stand were the Buddhist monks during the Vietnam war.  They opposed violence, so they decided to put oil on themselves and set themselves on fire.  They tried to promote non-violence and peace by sacrificing their lives which sent a message about how much they believed in world peace.  I believe that Tom Robinson did not take a stand during his predicament with the Ewells.  Before the court case, Robinson took a stand against the Ewells, by proclaiming that they discriminated and that he was innocent.  After he was imprisoned, he stopped taking a stand.  This is because he tried to escape instead of staying with his views no matter what adversities.  This means that to take a stand is a very difficult thing, because one would have to go against unfair adversities to promote ones view.  One example of taking a stand is Atticus in his defense of Robinson.  To Take a Stand is to protect a belief, and it is very difficult to do.