Atticus Finch Truth Vs Reality

To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless American novel by Harper Lee, and centers around a dusty, inconspicuous little town called Maycomb in the 1930s, and the events that rock this unassuming settlement to the core. Beneath the town’s serene exterior lies a rich and often turbulent history, which contributes a lot to the social attitudes of the people at the time. The town’s staunch social scheme is not a good thing for Tom Robinson, an African-American man accused by Bob Ewell, a white man, of sexually assaulting his daughter, Mayella Ewell. Given the color of his skin, Tom is assumed guilty before the trial even begins. Enter Atticus Finch: lawyer and father of the story’s narrator, Scout Finch. Atticus readily accepts his appointed position

Atticus’s usage of truth versus reality in this case is quite clear. He is stating directly that the prosecution has not been able to provide legitimate evidence regarding the crime with which Tom Robinson is charged, and that they are instead banking on two witnesses who are unreliable since their evidence has been seriously scrutinized by him and has been firmly denied by the defendant. Atticus knows the jury will assume the witnesses to be telling the truth due to the color of their skin, so he tries to convince them of the reality is that they are lying and getting away with it

We don’t know. But there is substantial circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left.” In this quote Atticus is referring to how he proved Mayella was attacked by someone who was left handed, since most of the injuries to her face were located on its right side. Atticus had Bob Ewell write his name on a piece of paper on the premise that it would prove his literacy to the court, but Atticus’s true motive for having Bob write his name was for him to prove that he is left handed to the jury. It is believed by default that Mr. Ewell is not the perpetrator of the crime against his daughter, but Atticus proved that in fact it probably was Mr. Ewell that attacked his daughter, and not Tom Robinson, dispelling what was believed to be the truth and revealing the reality of the