defends Tom
Robinson to the best of his abilities. He defends his client just as well as he would a paying
white man, even though it causes social ridicule in Maycomb. Inof ,asks
her father about the trial. Some of the kids at school had been criticizing Atticus for taking
the case. This makes Scout angry, and she asks her father why he is defending Tom Robinson.
Atticus explains his reasons to her:
"For a number
of reasons," said Atticus. "The main one is, if I didnt I couldn't hold up my head in
town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you ornot to do
something again."
Even before the trial, Atticus
knows that the Tom Robinson case will have an impact on him personally. He tells Scout this.
Atticus knows that it is highly unlikely that he will even win the case. Tom has been accused
of raping a white woman, which had people in Maycomb enraged. They find it especially appalling
that a black man would do such a thing to a white woman. Despite this, Atticus plans to fight
hard. He feels that he should put all of his efforts into the case, despite the improbability
of him winning it.
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