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He is saying that even if slavery and racism is still around it doesn’t change the fact that he still needs and wants to try and defend Tom. It would be worth fighting the case because its the moral thing to do in Atticus’s situation.

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He should at least try to fight for him. Atticus doesn’t really care about what he looks like he just wants to at least fight for him as much as he can. AJ

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RG: It’s a good thing to fight for whats right even though you know you might not win. That’s probably what Atticus is trying to teach his kids. 

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RG: It’s a good thing to fight for whats right even though you know you might not win. That’s probably what Atticus is trying to teach his kids. 

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When he says 100 years before, he is not referencing something like the civil war but is actually talking about how because of the fact Tom Robinson is black there is a very low chance of success. He thinks it’s worthwhile to fight it because it is his job as a public defender to fight every case the same.

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Atticus had knew the entire time that Scout was listening in on the conversation. He wanted Scout to hear the conversation and to understand that you can change from the “norm”.

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Atticus is referring to how even through he’s taking the case he still knows he isn’t likely to win the case from the very start. He will still take the case because he believes doing so is the right thing to do. He wouldn’t feel good as a person leaving the case.

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Scout doesn’t like aunt Alexandra, she thinks she’s mean and unfair, and hates having to go meet her side of the family. C B.

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He says this because he knows it’s the right thing to do and he wants to make a change.

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RG: Scout didn’t like he and she thought she was cold and heartless. 

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RG: Scout didn’t like he and she thought she was cold and heartless. 

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Scout doesn’t like her because she wants scout to be more of a girly girl and less of a Tom boy. AJ

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It’s because children are naturally curious and want to know more, so it makes it easier to show off parts of the story with scout doing things like eavesdropping or asking questions. C B.

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He’s saying that even though the chance of winning the case is not very probable, he still wants to fight and defend them and help make a change. I think it is worth the fight

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Scout doesn’t like Aunt Alexandria because she is unfair and she wasn’t friendly with Scout.

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Alexandra rarely talks to Scout and is judgmental towards her. They both don’t really like each other because she criticizes Scout for being a Tomboy and Scout takes that offensively.

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He is worried about their friends and family being targeted or starting to hate them because he is defending a black man in court. He is also worried of potentially even violence happening.

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She doesn’t like her because she is unfair and unfriendly to her, and doesn’t treat her right.

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We learn that Tom Robinson is a good, respected, church going black man. Even though the Ewells are seen as the lowest of the low, they are still white and going against a black man, and the people in town are very racist. C B.

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Scout doesn’t really know much about aunt Alexandra although she has been with her a few times. They didn’t get along in fact scout thinks she’s annoying and just doesn’t like her. Aunt Alexandra probably thinks the same way to scout and doesn’t like her so much.

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Scout can explain details better than adults. Her memory is probably better than theirs. AJ

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Maycomb’s “usual disease” is racism or a stigma against black people. Atticus is afraid that Jem and Scout will catch it because it’s all they have grown up with around town although he is trying to teach them something different.

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Maycombs usual disease is that people go mad and even become violent around anything involving black people, and he is scared his children would join these people and their ideas. C B.

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They family is going to experience harassment and bullying now that a lot of people know that Atticus is defending a black man which they don’t take too kindly.

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He is worried about how people will view his family because he is defending a black man, he doesn’t want to go through anything harsh.

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Because she is more vivid with her thoughts and is wise. And she being a child she is nosey and curious. And it’s helps as the narrator to show those parts you wouldn’t see in adults.

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RG: It helps us see things better from Scouts perspective. 

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RG: It helps us see things better from Scouts perspective. 

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People being rude towards there family. Also other kids at school bullying scout for her family’s decisions. AJ

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He knows that scout would listen in on what they are talking about because of how curious she is, and he wants to both talk with his brother about the topic while also teaching scout a lesson. C B.

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She is a child, she is a better observer and has a vivid memory.

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He is worried that people in Maycomb, friends, will start targeting or start to grow a hatred against them.

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RG: That his kids could get hurt even though Atticus is doing the trial bike them. Also, that his kids might get influenced in a negative way by people around them. 

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RG: That his kids could get hurt even though Atticus is doing the trial bike them. Also, that his kids might get influenced in a negative way by people around them. 

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As a developing child we get to see more into how it’s almost as most situations aren’t thought upon before final reaction. Different from older people as they seem more educated when making decision any time.

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The disease is racism that is happening in Maycomb. Atticus is worried that his children will catch it because he doesn’t want them to treat others based on their skin color and be fair to everyone which is what Atticus is doing in this court case.

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He is worried they will get all types of criticism and hate because he is defending black people in court which isn’t normal and people don’t like that.

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Tom Robinson is a good person that goes to church. Robinson is a black man and ewells is white and they are very racist so ewells most likely will win. AJ

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RG: The Robinson is very well known and everyone likes him. 

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RG: The Robinson is very well known and everyone likes him. 

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Tom Robinson is a black man, but he is a decent human being and goes to church, while the Ewells aren’t that good of people. People might accept their testimony because they are white.

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Aunt Alexandra is not a very nice person, kind of cold-hearted. Scout doesn’t like her kind of for that reason. Aunt Alexandra keeps saying that she needs to be more “lady-like”.

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He might be worried about his actions to protecting a colored person. Although this might be a weird question racism was a constant topic at the time. So seeing a white person defend a color person isn’t a regular thing but looked down on thing.

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They are very quick to judge to the black people.

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The disease is the people getting mad and fighting over racism. AJ

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The unusual disease is racism, and he doesn’t want his kids to get it because he wants them to be good people

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He wanted Scout to hear him so she could learn something.

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Tom Robinson is a good person that goes to church, but he is black and ewells is white. And the town is racist which means ewells will probably win.

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She is very curious and wants to know everything. But he wanted her to hear the conversation. AJ

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The disease is racism, and he doesn’t want them to catch the “disease” because he doesn’t want them to racially profiled people strictly off of their skin color and their background in ethnicity.

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I think it means that when anytime a blacks person is envolved we see a change in attitude. Many situations are changed for the worst when color “skin” is brought up at the time.

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He wanted to teach Scout a valuable lesson and teach her about how society really is, he knew she was already listening

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He wanted and knew she was listening. Which is good so that she knows that she can change the status quo and change things.

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May combs usual disease is racism. At the time this is a common “disease”. Atticus doesn’t want the picture of racism corrupt his children and make them look down on just someone’s skin color.

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Mr Robinson is a good clean blacks person who goes to church. Ewells is only seen as a white person. Although this is little information it’s still really important at the time.

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He knows that because of the biased and racism of the legal system, even if Tom Robinson is innocent he may still be convicted. He still defends him because he knows that its the right thing to do.

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The reason for fighting the battle you know you can’t win is to make a statement and point out the wrong things that people are doing. It is to show that just because you can’t win doesn’t mean the battle isn’t worth fighting.

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P.W: he’s saying it’s good to fight for right than not fight at all and it doesn’t matter what he looks like, you should still fight for what’s correct

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She doesn’t like her aunt because of how she judged Scout for being a tomboy. Scout is offended by this and thinks shes cold.

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Scout doesn’t like aunt Alexandra because she’s unfair and mean.

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He know that all the biased and racism on Tom Robison skin color him winning is low. He defending him because he knows it right thing.

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Because of the rampant racism around them they or their family may be targeted in violence or judgment because of Atticus taking the case.

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P.w: Scout doesn’t like her because she thinks she’s unfair and not nice and doesn’t like meeting her

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Even though Tom is respected and goes to church and the Ewell’s or the bottom of society, racism still leans the favor to the Ewell’s because their white.

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Aunt Alexandra is strict. Scout feels that she is mean but she is a good cook. The reason she thinks that her aunt is mean is that she believes scout should be more like a lady, she should wear a dress and stuff like that.

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The disease is racism and because of how they are surrounded by it and the way everyone acts they might be influenced by those around them.

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Aunt Alexandra is a mean person and scout doesn’t like that. Aunt Alexandra always tell her to be more lady like instead of being a tomboy

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Aunt Alexandra is a mean person and scout doesn’t like that. Aunt Alexandra always tell her to be more lady like instead of being a tomboy

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He wanted to teach Scout a lesson because he knew her curiosity would get the better of her and she would listen.

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Atticus knows it’s not very likely to win the case but it’s not gonna change how much he will try on it he will try his best even though he doesn’t have a good chance.

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I think that Atticus is worried because he thinks that people would send threats to him for taking a case for a black man.

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Atticus could tell that scout was listening, he wanted her to hear what he was saying because he wanted to learn that just because something is normal doesn’t mean it is right.

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The usual disease in Maycomb is racism and hate, Atticus doesn’t want his children to grow up and be rude to others. He wants his children to grow up to nice to everyone.

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She more open minded and wise. She a child and lot of children like to wonder and very curious.

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The story is told through a child’s view because they are curious and don’t know how to hate, they have to be taught racism and hate to have it. Children are more open minded to new ideas.

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The Ewell’s are near the bottom of the social totem pole, Tom is a respectable person but because he is black people he is lower on the totem pole, people treat him worse because they are racist. Tom has a greater chance of losing than winning.