It was important to get an inside look on Atticus’s character. He had morals, that would impact the community around him. People believed in him and trusted him, but once he decided to support a black man, the town went crazy. He definitely tried to persuade the town, and some was in favor of his ideas, and some thought everything he did was full of sin. While this source was only important in few areas, it was critical to know and be familiar with what Atticus’s character. The reader could definitely see how Atticus taught his kids the right path of how to treat people after they had their little run in with Boo …show more content…
It is important because it explains the history of the time period and why racism was such a hot topic. Some people believed it was a good way to get free work, and some people thought that that’s where the blacks belonged, and some believed they should be equals. This was also a time period were women didn’t have equal rights, which made men be more protective of them. So once this young lady told her racist father that a black man stopped by the house and rapped her, all hell broke loose. He wasn’t about to let some black guy do this to his daughter, nor his family reputation. It was known from the beginning of the book that this man was more than likely going to kill Tom, because he was that