Like Tim Johnson, the depravity and discrimination plaguing Maycomb has a gradual, unassuming impact on society. It is simply accepted as fact that African Americans are to be denied basic human rights such as the right to a fair trial simply because of the color of their skin. Additionally, the dedication of Tim Johnson to approach the neighborhood is akin to the persistence of immorality and bigotry afflicting Maycomb. Atticus’s coherence and Tom Robinson’s upstanding behavior are the pervasiveness of evil and racism in Maycomb still denies him of the justice he deserves (Lee 283). Ironically, Rudyard Kipling opposes this concept in his poem “If” when he voices his opinion that “[i]f you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue / … Yours