How Is Atticus Finch A Good Job Defending

“Do each of you swear that you will fairly try the
Case before this court, and that you will return a true verdict according to
The evidence and the instructions of the court, so help you, God” (chp 17, pg, 231) Atticus Finch does an adequate job defending Tom Robinson. Mr. Finch does a good job defending Tom Robinson because he wanted to be a good example for his kids, the jurors were biased, and he knew Robinson was innocent.
Atticus does a good job defending Tom Robinson because he wants to be a good example set for his kids. “If you had been on that Jury, son, and eleven other boys just like you, Tom would be a free man” (chp 23, pg 295). Here, Atticus is using logos, appealing to logic and reason. He is trying to show his kids the importance of tolerance. Had the jury been full of boys like Jem, who were tolerant, Robinson would be free. Atticus shows more than once that he is a man of integrity. “Try fighting with your head for a change… It’s a good one, even if it does resist learning” (chp 6, pg 76). Here Atticus is using ethos, appealing to ethics and credibility. He is explaining to Scout that

“There’s a faint difference between a man who is going to convict and a man who is a little disturbed in his mind, isn’t there?” (chp 23). Atticus is using ethos, appealing to ethics and credibility. As well as pathos, appealing to his emotions in order to prove his statement. "How could they do it, how could they?" "I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it again tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it- seems that only children weep. Good night" (pg 285). After the trial, Jem asks Atticus how the jury could be so biased against Robinson even though it's in a court of law. Atticus explains that it's been like this and will stay like this. The only ones affected are the kids because of their innocent