Scout, practically all by herself, had stopped a mob of men that had been out for Tom Robinson’s blood. Her reaction when she gets home is quite telling. “The full meaning of the night’s events hit [Scout] and [she] began crying”(208). These men were out for blood, and they had been determined to get it, even at the cost of hurting Atticus. Scout prevented that from happening. Now realization of just what she stopped from happening is hitting her and she begins to cry. This experience was highly emotional for her and others. When she shows up and Atticus sees her, “[Scout] thought he would have a fine surprise, but his face killed [her] joy. A flash of plain fear was going out of his eyes, but returned when Dill and Jem wriggled into the light”(203). Atticus is terrified at this moment, not for himself but for his children. She stood up to men that had even Atticus afraid, and she blew them all away. This could not have been an easy thing to do, and she is, to put it plainly, freaked out. She rushed in, expecting Atticus to be surprised, not upset, but instead she saw “plain fear”(203). This helps to once again show the extreme emotions that can be caused by discrimination and acting on our prejudice. This whole situation could have been avoided, if only people had looked deeper than just the surface of the skin, in this case,
Scout, practically all by herself, had stopped a mob of men that had been out for Tom Robinson’s blood. Her reaction when she gets home is quite telling. “The full meaning of the night’s events hit [Scout] and [she] began crying”(208). These men were out for blood, and they had been determined to get it, even at the cost of hurting Atticus. Scout prevented that from happening. Now realization of just what she stopped from happening is hitting her and she begins to cry. This experience was highly emotional for her and others. When she shows up and Atticus sees her, “[Scout] thought he would have a fine surprise, but his face killed [her] joy. A flash of plain fear was going out of his eyes, but returned when Dill and Jem wriggled into the light”(203). Atticus is terrified at this moment, not for himself but for his children. She stood up to men that had even Atticus afraid, and she blew them all away. This could not have been an easy thing to do, and she is, to put it plainly, freaked out. She rushed in, expecting Atticus to be surprised, not upset, but instead she saw “plain fear”(203). This helps to once again show the extreme emotions that can be caused by discrimination and acting on our prejudice. This whole situation could have been avoided, if only people had looked deeper than just the surface of the skin, in this case,