“Change does not come on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle,” says the great Martin Luther King Jr. In the book To Kill in MockingBird by Harper Lee, we see a similar struggle to that fought by Dr. King. Atticus Finch is the only one in the small town of Maycomb willing to admit that an African American may not be to blame. It was Atticus and Tom Roberson against Maycomb. Throughout Atticus' interaction with the people of Maycomb, he shows people the truth about equality and helps fight racism. Ultimately, we learn that it takes courage and a tough shell to overcome racism, and breaking a social barrier can pose a lot of difficulty and challenges to just one person. Atticus shows us a lot as he fights on Tom Roberson's trail. He had many new characteristics and emotions that we saw throughout the story. When he was under pressure from Maycomb and the community, we saw things out of his personality. The passage says, “Atticus would run away to his study directly after dinner, where if we looked at him sometimes we could find him sitting in his swivel chair reading” (p. 78). This shows that the trial changed the way he interacted. with the children and he was stressed. We can say that he was stressed by the distance that existed between him and his family at the time. Another example of a new emotion is: “Atticus's eyes filled with tears. He didn't speak for a minute. “Tell them I’m very grateful.” He said. (p. 114) We see how he had such a change in emotion because of the track. He knew more about it, seeing a lot more truth and lies than could be told, I think he was hurt that people would do such a thing as we had never seen this side of him before. This shows that being willing to stand up for something that could be the... middle of paper ...... kids who listen to me or respect me? His children may never know he was lying, but he has a very strong conscience. Atticus didn't need to entrust something like this matter to another person just because he was afraid. He was still able to take on a challenge that went against what people thought was right and what they thought was wrong at the time. But looking back, we can only hope that reality will continue to provide us with people like Atticus, who suffered discrimination and cruelty without being recognized in the national news or receiving medals of honor. Even standing up for the smallest thing can cause you to face everything from dirty looks to danger. We see it everywhere, in high school, on TV, on the internet. But ultimately, we should realize that we need force majeure to go against the mainstream instead of just turning our heads toward what we don't want to see..