Tkam Journal response 2

Tkam Journal response 2

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Quote: ” We’ve done buisness in this court for years and years, and Mr. Finch is always courteous to everybody. He’s not trying to mock you, he’s trying to be polite. That’s just his way”

This quote shows how important Atticus is in this town and how people respect him. Even though he defends black people he is still respected by his own town. The judge is trying to let the young girl know how nice Atticus is which shows us that the judge respects Atticus. Also even though defending black people may not be the most liked around his town, the judge also says that Atticus is always courteous and a polite person.

In this book you can tell by the tone that many people do not like Atticus for the simple fact that he defends blacks in court. What people don’t realize is that the black people are usually innocent and Atticus shows the town that even though they may not like it. This quote relates to this book also becuase in this part of it he is defending Tom Robinson, a black male who is being accused of rape. Atticus shows the town that he really didn’t do it and he backs it up with facts which I think some of the town respects.