What Is Atticus's Madness In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, the mad dog annihilated by Atticus represents the madness caused by racism, which Atticus would possibly end through Tom Robinson’s trial because we are shown that labeling and stereotyping narrows our views and understanding of the world. First of all, as rabies negatively affect one's mind, racism impacted Maycomb’s outlook on treating Blacks. Page 183 states, “She’s never indulged them the way most colored nurses do. She tried to bring them up according to her lights, and Cal’s lights are pretty good -and another thing, the children love her.” Residing in the Finch home, Aunt Alexandra believed she replaced Calpurnia and was eager to fire her despite Cal’s positive influence on the children. Indirectly attacking Calpurnia, her racism seeped through her sentences to uphold her status. Continuing on page 100, “‘Then why did Cecil say you defended niggers? He made it sound like you were runnin’ a still.’” A brainwashed young child was already using derogatory, offensive terms for Black people. Atticus was merely doing his job of a lawyer and was compared to being an illegal alcohol …show more content…
Page 202 states, “‘You can go turn around and go home again, Walter,” Atticus said pleasantly. “Heck Tate’s around somewhere.’” Risking his safety, Atticus was trying to save Tom Robinson since he longed to use this rare chance to fix corrupted, racist justice system. Furthermore, on page 139, “‘Well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you’ll look that I didn’t let you down. This case Tom Robinson’s case, is something that goes to the essence of a man’s conscience -Scout, I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.’” Atticus’s sincerity and strong will about this specific case may go down into history because he had the ability to end the unjust contamination of racism in his