During the trial, Harper Lee displays that Mr. Gilmer does not behave as morally as Atticus, who speaks to all the witnesses with respect, which was proved earlier in the trial by Judge Taylor “Mr. Finch is always courteous to everybody,” (182), while Mr. Gilmer humiliates the rather benevolent Tom in court, “called him ‘boy’ all the time an’ sneered at him,” (199). During Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination, Dill's feeling of illness shows the extreme harshness and ugliness of society's prejudices and evil, but Scout sees Mr. Gilmer's actions as part of the process of the job he is trying to do. This scene reveals that Mr. Gilmer isn’t the decent lawyer he seems to be, but a prejudiced white person who is determined to do what it takes to convict
