Throughout “To Kill a Mockingbird” a strong recurring theme is Justice and judgment. To illustrate this, when Atticus is telling scout why he is defending the negro man scout asks him “You mean if you didn't defend that man, Jem and me wouldn't have to mind you anymore” (Lee,86). This illustrates Atticus teachings on Justice and Judgement to scout because if you believe in something even if others do not you wouldn’t be true to yourself, Atticus's point is that if he did not do the right thing he could no longer expect his kids to listen when he tells them to or sit in church because it wouldn't be true to the church either. It is through Atticus’s judgment that he has chosen to fight for justice for a man that many believe don't deserve
