She does so by having a respected lawyer from the town defend an innocent black man from a potential execution, while having his children and their friend see up close how the black folks of the town are discriminated against. And in the end, the town’s racial prejudice won out, with the “mockingbird” that was Tom Robinson, whom Atticus said was “a sin to kill” (Lee 93), being killed for a crime he did commit, something that was far too familiar in the South during that time
She does so by having a respected lawyer from the town defend an innocent black man from a potential execution, while having his children and their friend see up close how the black folks of the town are discriminated against. And in the end, the town’s racial prejudice won out, with the “mockingbird” that was Tom Robinson, whom Atticus said was “a sin to kill” (Lee 93), being killed for a crime he did commit, something that was far too familiar in the South during that time