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This passage is significant because it describes one of the problems that is shown in the novel. That is, white men tend to take advantage over black men because they know they are weak and helpless. An example would be Mr. Ewell and Tom Robinson, Ewell took advantage of Tom and made up a whole story which ruined Tom Robinson’s reputation. Atticus knew that this was wrong so he told Jem so that when Jem got older he wouldn’t make the same mistake and to know what to expect in the future.
I agree with this passage because no matter who the white man is it’s never right to take advantage of someone weaker than you, no matter how different looking he is. Whoever has the nerve to take advantage of someone weaker should be known as trash because

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