Jem Finch Family In To Kill A Mockingbird

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the protagonist, Scout, and her family face many challenges as Atticus defends Tom Robinson against a charge of the rape of Mayella Ewell, and they defy social norms in their town. The central theme in the story is the Finch family define of racist prejudices held by their community that all comes together in Atticus’s case.
To begin with, Jem and Scout have trouble at school even before the case is tried. Scout and Cecil Jacobs get in a fight because Jacobs announced to the school that her “daddy defended niggers” (99). Scout doesn’t understand what he means but demands he takes it back but, Jacobs says “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace…” (102). At the beginning of chapter nine, Scout says this, “was the beginning of a rather thin line for Jem and me” (99). They had continued trouble throughout the year at school and with their own family. Atticus says that “‘John Taylor pointed at me and said “You’re It.’” (117). Scout later says that she wished that they

From the beginning, Atticus knew it was unlikely he would win the case because of the racism in Alabama, but he took the case and worked his hardest to get Tom Robinson acquitted. Miss. Maudie said “‘…Did it ever strike you that Judge Taylor naming Atticus to defend that boy was no accident? That Judge Taylor might have had his reason for naming him?’… Court appointed cases were usually given to Maxwell Green… Green should have had Tom Robinson’s Case.” (289). Maudie goes on to say that she knew Atticus wouldn’t win but he was the only one how would make the jury think. Clearly, In To Kill a Mockingbird, the most important theme was the defiance of social prejudices. The Finch family defy racism and receive hate and trouble from both the adults and children of their community. Their struggles come together in a case that accurately describes historical realities that existed in the