When Atticus first gets the case he starts to it very serious and tries to defend Tom with the full of his ability. When explaining to scout how he was going to try but also knew he had no chance of winning he says “in our courts, when it 's a white man 's word against a black man 's, the white man always wins.”(Lee 294) Atticus believes that everyone is equal and loves everyone the same. He is trying to set a good and far example for his kids by trying his best to help everyone he can and not contribute to the racism and diversity rules that the whites of the town seem to be abusing. This alters Scout’s idea of what kind of person she wants to be one day. She says she wants to be in “her father’s world” more then the “southern lady”. With Atticus standing up for the things he believes in and enforcing his morals he does a good thing for the black community in Maycomb and for his children’s
When Atticus first gets the case he starts to it very serious and tries to defend Tom with the full of his ability. When explaining to scout how he was going to try but also knew he had no chance of winning he says “in our courts, when it 's a white man 's word against a black man 's, the white man always wins.”(Lee 294) Atticus believes that everyone is equal and loves everyone the same. He is trying to set a good and far example for his kids by trying his best to help everyone he can and not contribute to the racism and diversity rules that the whites of the town seem to be abusing. This alters Scout’s idea of what kind of person she wants to be one day. She says she wants to be in “her father’s world” more then the “southern lady”. With Atticus standing up for the things he believes in and enforcing his morals he does a good thing for the black community in Maycomb and for his children’s