Finally, Harper Lee shows that Atticus is fighting for the Negros with the symbol of Atticus’s car. Scout conveys this when she says, “Our father had a few peculiarities, one was….that he liked to walk. As far back as I could remember, there was always a Chevrolet in excellent condition in the car house….in Maycomb he walked to and from his office four times a day.”(Lee 198) She says this when Atticus is leaving to go see Tom at the jail in the middle of the night. At this time in history, not everyone owned a car. The fact that Atticus owned one and rarely used it, keeping it in top condition, shows that he wanted to protect it and that he has respect for it. The car could represent Tom Robinson and the other Negros because, unlike many
