Atticus Finch's Trial Analysis

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Atticus finch, the best lawyer in Maycomb, was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town judge to arrive in court. Tom robinson, Atticus client, was very anxious and nervous to see what the judge had to say and what he thought. Atticus was sweating bullets as the judged walk in not knowing what was going to happen.

The judge walked in and Atticus inferred that the judge was in a bad mood by the way his face was scrunched up and the reason for the trial was his girlfriend claims that Tom was the reason their house burnt down.So, the judge walked in sat down went over some things then told Atticus to start talking.

Atticus defended good but the judge still found something fishy and thought that the story was

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