Atticus Defend Tom

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson a black man accused of attacking a white woman. Although, the people in the town of Maycomb don’t understand why Atticus would defend a black man, because of Atticus’s worldview and values it makes sense for Atticus to take a stand. Defending Tom Robinson Makes sense because of Atticus‘s worldview and belief that all people should be respected and treated equally the same. Atticus has said “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus believes that other peoples point of view matter and that includes black people. Atticus also believes in racial equality. Atticus said “why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.” This means that Atticus values Tom Robinson a person not a color. Another reason for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson is to set an example of values for his children. Atticus said “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t …show more content…
Atticus said “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” This means that we have been fought bigotry before and lost does not mean we should give up now. Even though Atticus knows that he will lose this court case Atticus feels we still need to stand up against racism even if we lose. Atticus said “I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope that they trust me enough.” This means that Atticus wants Jem and Scout to make decisions based on how Atticus raised them and if they have question or need answers that they can come the their father and not to look for answers from ignorant