What is the most important scene in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee?

Part of the
power of To Kill A Mockingbird is its many dramatic scenes, so it is
difficult to pick which is the most significant. In my opinion, however, the most important
scene in the noveland the one that delivers the strongest emotional punchoccurs whenwalks out of
the courtroom. Having lost his case defending Tom Robinson, the entire black audience in the
upper tiers nevertheless stands up silently as he passes out of respect for what he has
done.

This ties together and crystallizes severalin the novel. As the novel
emphasizes, one should do the right thing even if the cause is hopeless. This scene shows that
Atticus has done the right thing but has also lost his case. It also illustrates through the
response of the black community that his doing the right thing is more important than the
outcome. It drives home the point that acting with integrity matters more than any end
result.

The novel is also about a little girl's hero worship of her father,
and so it is...