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Atticus Getting Put Down To Kill A Mockingbird

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It’s not uncommon for people to be put down when talking about beliefs in today's society. Getting put down really makes people feel unhappy. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by author Harper Lee, Standing up for your beliefs is the theme. In the book, Atticus demonstrates how to stand up for your beliefs is very important. Atticus stood up for Tom Robinson, a African American man being accused of raping a white woman. After we find out Atticus was going to defend Tom Robinson the town had very mixed emotions, being so it was during the 1930s and in the south where they lived racial discrimination was very strong at that time. Atticus took the case, though. Atticus told Scout this after he took the case. “The main one is, if i didnt i couldn’t
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