Mockingbirds are absolutely innocent. There are other bird
that may actually deserve to be killed for the pests that they become to humans. They
steal seeds from fields and poop all over things. Mockingbirds, however, innocently sing
and create pleasant sound for us.
The black man in this day
and age did nothing but try to create pleasantries for the white man. They took their
unfortunate place in society and tried to earn a decent wage by working for white
men.
Atticus noticed that many white men cheated colored
men because they knew the courts would find white men innocent even though they cheated
black men. Courts were indeed affected by color. Atticus taught his children this
principle and let it also ooze into his closing argument. It is not right to treat a
colored man as any less of a man, Atticus thought. Atticus wanted to see innocence
prevail no matter who the victim was. In this case, we are talking about Tom
Robinson.
No comments:
Post a Comment