“I am only one; but I'm still one. I can't do everything, but I can still do something; I will not refuse to do something that I can do. This quote from Edward Everett Hale means that if someone wants to make a change in the world, even if it's just a small thing, they have the power. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is set in the 1930s. There were different perspectives then. African Americans did not have the same rights as whites. This story is based on a society in which African Americans did not have the same opportunities as whites and had a lower status. A man named Atticus Finch changes the view of African Americans. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper shows that one person can change society, as shown by Atticus in the Tom Robinson trial and the decisions he makes at home. Atticus changes society's outlook by defending a black man named Tom Robinson. By defending Tom, Atticus is defending black people. Atticus had no choice but to take this matter because "if he didn't do it, then... he couldn't tell anyone what to do, not even ». ...