" He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. (Lee 281).
As Scout falls asleep, she is telling Atticus about the events of The Gray Ghost, a book in which one of the characters is wrongly accused of committing a crime and is pursued. When he is finally caught, however, his innocence is revealed. As Scout sleepily explains the story to Atticus, saying that the character was "real nice" when "they finally saw him," Atticus shows his ability to see beyond the outer layer of people and see them for who they really are, he gently notes the truth of that observation, "most people are once you get to know them." .
Atticus is continually shown respect because of his high level of moral judgment and character, not only from the white, rich people, but also from colored part of the community: "Calpurnia said, "This was all "round the back steps when I got here this morning. They-they "preciate what you did, Mr. Finch."" (Lee 213). This is after Atticus defends Tom Robinson and even though he loses the case, he did his best and the now everyone in the community respects him for that. Atticus went out on a limb and put his own reputation, as well as his whole family, just so he would do the right thing. Because if he did not, he says he could no longer ask the children to mind him again. " every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess."(Lee 76). Lee realizes that even though if he takes this case, he will probably be ridiculed for it, but he must do it because morally, it's the right thing to do. This shows how important moral values are to Atticus, this placing him again, at a level six on Kohlberg's theory of moral development. .
Atticus is again recognized by another sort of people yet again, not colored people, not the children, but by his own neighbors and friends.