beautiful scout recognizes one of the men in the mob mr cunningham as the father of one of her classmates so she starts talking to him about his son and how atticus has helped mr cunningham a number of times in the past and this simple innocent act manages to de-escalate the mob mentality and they disperse leaving atticus to defend tom in a packed courtroom trial there the three friends witness atticus proof beyond a shadow of a doubt that maella and her father bob youwell are lying turns out bob you well learned that mayella was hitting on tom robinson beat her up himself and then accused tom to cover up his own crimes but despite this the all-white all-racist jury still convicts tom then before atticus can appeal the verdict tom tries to escape prison and is shot dead the best folks in the world both unjustly convicted an innocent man and murdered him because of the color of his skin to employ harper lee's central and questionable metaphor maycomb alabama has sinned by killing a mockingbird but bob ul's bad reputation is further destroyed and he wants revenge so on halloween he attempts to murder scout and gem he manages to break jim's arm but before he's able to finish the job the kids are rescued by the mysterious boo radley ewell is left dead stabbed by boo to protect the children but then the town sheriff decides to report that ewell fell on his own knife in order to protect the kindly recluse's privacy of course it should be noted that selective justice is what got them into this situation in the first place but scout has saved and learned that mockingbird metaphor earlier so yeah it's it's complicated to kill a mockingbird was one of the most popular books of the NUMBER_TOKENth century and the character of atticus finch an unflinching moral lawyer became a hero in the legal profession it's a reminder of both the progress we've made towards greater racial justice in the united states but also an indicator of how much farther we need to go and while it's once praised progressiveness doesn't square with our modern society harper lee's humor and affection for her characters still makes reading it a moving worthwhile experience to this day and while that contradiction might have been a little hard to parse back when you were enjoying your dino nuggets it's definitely worth the time pondering today now that you're a mature adult well mostly mature of course we all know that maturity is overrated what with less dino-shaped foods and more responsibilities ugh like paying your phone bill luckily we can help you take a bite out of one of those problems thanks to our friends at the new and improved ting mobile the lowering your phone bill part just to be clear not the dino nuggets part what we love about ting is it's got a plan that can work for anybody on any budget for instance if you just need unlimited talk and text then they've got you covered for only NUMBER_TOKEN bucks a month or depending on your data needs ting has plans starting at NUMBER_TOKEN bucks all the way to the mighty unlimited talk text and data for just NUMBER_TOKEN bucks meaning
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