... her in front of the town. "Mayella looked from under lowered eyelids at Atticus, but she said to the judge 'Long 's he keeps on callin' me ma'am an sayin' Miss Mayella. I don't hafta take his sass, I ain't called upon to take it.'" (Lee 182) Mayella does not understand that Atticus is being polite to her because no one else has ... it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down.'...'Atticus, are we gonna win it?' 'No, honey.' 'Then why-' 'Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to ...

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... the entire jury. They have already made their decision before the trail even started. Atticus shows this when Scout asks, "Atticus, are we going to win it?" Atticus replies, "No, honey" (76). This shows that Atticus already knows he has no chance in winning the trail because no matter what he says it can't sway the juries" decision. Many other instances ... people don't care of his guiltiness and just want to see him dead. He symbolizes the mockingbird, an innocent bird that never harms anyone, because he has the same characteristics. Miss Maudie says: Mockingbirds don't do one thing bu...

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