How Does Lee Present Atticus's Closing Argument In To Kill A Mockingbird

National Medal of the arts recipient Harper Lee, wrote the beloved and well known book To Kill A Mockingbird, to depict a vivid scene of daily life, and hardships in rural Alabama during the Great Depression, and the courageous actions of a few. Lee portrays Atticus Finch a righteous lawyer, and the father of the Main characters, giving his closing argument to the prejudice jury, to convince them of Tom Robinson’s innocence in the case. Lee passionately communicates to the reader that even in a court of law where every man is to be treated entirely equal, during this time period jury members, and most individuals held their prejudices against African Americans. Which in this incident leads to the conviction of innocent man, with the lack of

At the end of his closing argument he uses his own opinions, to help convince the jury. “Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.” This relates to Atticus's belief that all people should be treated equally especially in a court of law, where people should not be convicted solely the race they are, but rather the evidence against them. Atticus uses this idea, to try to prove to the jurors, that not coming to decision based on the real evidence present, would undermine the true purpose of the courts, to seek justice based on truth. Atticus’s last plea to the jury, trying one final time to persuade them.‘I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty.” Atticus becomes very passionate during this last moments of his closing argument, almost pleading or even begging the jury to make the moral, and just decision; to actually analyses the evidence, and events. He does so because he is certain, what he proclaims won't be enough to sway the jurors’ minds, as if Tom’s conviction was set in stone, before he even began. Unlike many others in Maycomb, he strongly believes in a strict moral code, to treat everyone with respect and seek real Justice, not based one who the person is but the credible evidence of their