Despite drawbacks for his own family, Atticus was wise to defend Tom Robinson. Atticus felt it was the right thing to do. P. 75 Ch. 9 Tom Robinson would not have received a fair trial without Atticus. Atticus put his family and his reputation in danger. Atticus in his mind felt it was the right thing to do When Atticus was appointed to the Tom Robinson case he knew he had to take it because it was the right thing to do. If Atticus didn’t defend Tom Robinson he couldn’t hold his head up high and tell people like Jem and Scout what to do or what’s right or wrong. P. 75-76 Ch. 9 For Atticus, you have to judge yourself before you can judge anyone else. His own self-respect is bound up with his good morals if he did something he knew was wrong, even if it was justified, he would lose all moral authority over others. For example on page 75 ch. 9 Atticus was telling his reasons for defending Tom Robinson and what it would do if he didn’t defend Tom Robinson “If you shouldn’t be defendin’ him, then why are you doing it?” For a …show more content…
Racism would’ve had a huge impact on the Tom Robinson case if Atticus was not there to defend him. The Tom Robinson case had many different people involved with helping Tom Robinson get a fair trial with including Atticus as a big one being his lawyer and Judge Taylor appointed Atticus for the case. Just like when Aunt Alexandra was explaining everyone who helped in the case to Jem on page 215 ch. 22. “His colored friends for one thing, and people like us. People like Judge Taylor. People like Heck Tate. Stop eating and start thinking Jem. Did it ever strikes you that Judge Taylor naming Atticus to defend that boy was not an accident? That Judge Taylor might have had his reasons for naming him?” Atticus put his people and notoriety on the