Examples Of Atticus Search For Justice In To Kill A Mockingbird

The Search For Justice In society, people are constantly trying to find justice throughout their lives. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is searching for justice throughout the novel. Atticus has to defend Tom Robinson, an African American man who is falsely being accused of assaulting a white woman. In Atticus’s unsuccessful attempt to find justice, he uses his morals and values, which helps his understanding of what justice is.

Atticus believes in fairness and integrity, which makes him understand what justice truly is. In the beginning of the novel Atticus says to Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). Atticus attempts to be fair by understanding what a person is experiencing through their perspective. He gives sympathy to those who face injustice. In a way, Atticus has dedicated his life to find justice because he is a lawyer that defends those who are also searching for justice.

Tom’s case was extremely unfair because the jury was all prejudice people. Atticus shares his morals in the courtroom, You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women—black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men” (217). It was clear that the people in the court do know that what Atticus says is true. Atticus was given instruction to be Tom’s lawyer, he truly tried his best to convince the jury that Tom was