In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Atticus Finch to oppose society by fighting against the moral and ethical beliefs of everyone in Maycomb county. Segregation and racial tensions plagued the everyday life in the town. The white population is treated with much higher respect and granted much higher privileges than the fearful black community. Although most families at this time were in someway impoverished,the black people still suffer the worst consequences of them all, as their community was a collection of small houses by the town dump. Society belittles the black community, treats them like dirt, and blames all of the town’s troubles on them,everyone but Atticus Finch. During the trial of Tom Robinson the case is more than Atticus
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Every angle he came from he exposed the town to the truth. A sense of change of mind could be felt arising throughout the courtroom as the day went on.
As the trial came to an end everyone in the courtroom knew that Tom Robinson was an innocent man. In a usual accusation of a black man the jury wouldn’t have any second thoughts of throwing the man in jail, but this one shook the town. Hours went by as the jury was making their crucial decision that would change a man’s life forever. Though the towns mind had changed Tom Robinson still pleaded guilty. This wasn’t because they believed he was, the jury members were scared for their own lives if they said he was innocent.
As a result of these events an innocent man ended up losing his life. Atticus, along with many other people were stunned and disappointed, but he knew nothing else could be done to save Tom.
Atticus Finch, a man of high values and a strong believer in equal rights. He always taught his children to treat everyone with respect. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird he fights society, trying to save a man that never did a thing wrong, but was facing a fate far worse than death, just to try and change the way people
Every angle he came from he exposed the town to the truth. A sense of change of mind could be felt arising throughout the courtroom as the day went on.
As the trial came to an end everyone in the courtroom knew that Tom Robinson was an innocent man. In a usual accusation of a black man the jury wouldn’t have any second thoughts of throwing the man in jail, but this one shook the town. Hours went by as the jury was making their crucial decision that would change a man’s life forever. Though the towns mind had changed Tom Robinson still pleaded guilty. This wasn’t because they believed he was, the jury members were scared for their own lives if they said he was innocent.
As a result of these events an innocent man ended up losing his life. Atticus, along with many other people were stunned and disappointed, but he knew nothing else could be done to save Tom.
Atticus Finch, a man of high values and a strong believer in equal rights. He always taught his children to treat everyone with respect. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird he fights society, trying to save a man that never did a thing wrong, but was facing a fate far worse than death, just to try and change the way people