... given. There are some instances in which the white population mocks him, and there are some instances in which they want to kill him. The pure hatred from the town is shown in the quote, "Your fathers no better than the niggers and trash he works for," which is said to Scout and Jem by Mrs. Debose. Unfortunately for Tom, this premature judgment leads ... to his conviction, and his untimely demise. In the south at the time, blacks were not looked upon kindly. So, due to the prejudice of the town, Tom ... moving an issue of the horrors of prejudice. Lee uses the tool of the written word ...

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"I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them." - Miss Maudie. The quote above states that Atticus Finch was a man who did "unpleasant things," but this quote is false. Miss Maudie had every good intention when she told Jem and Scout that and her point was taken in the way she intended it to be by the children. Her point could have been better understood if "our unpleasant jobs" were replaced with "what is right." Atticus did "unpleasant things" only because he knew that they were the right thing to d...

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