Once again there is an example in the trial of how Jem and Scout lack of knowledge of the opinions of the people in their town and are completely blindsided by their decision of Tom Robinson. His account of the story is the more reasonable one than Mayella's and Mr. Ewell's, but in 1930's Alabama a white man's word is better than a black man's word. That is news to the kids and they are really curious with Atticus because they do not fully understand the society they currently grow up in. Also, they learn that Mr. Ewell is very angry with their father's representation of Tom Robinson and the futhermore damaged reputation and spit his tobacco juice of Atticus. I also found the amount of gifts given by the African American community in the town shows that they may be poor, but they still felt the need to show Atticus gratitude for fairly and greatly representing Tom Robinson.
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