ATTICUS FINCH'S CLOSING SPEECH
About the end of the book, there is one of the most important scene of the entire book: Atticus's speech in the trial. This speech was made in order to defend Tom Robinson, a coloured man, who is charged to have raped Mayella Ewell. Even though Atticus Finch knew since the beginning that the case would be unfair and he would lose it, he did all he could for winning the trial. What was actually opposing to the justice, in Atticus's point of view, was the immorality of the Maycomb folks: they estimated the colour of the skin more than the individual's personality.