what chapter is it when atticus defends tom
Summary: Chapter 9. At school, Scout nearly starts a fight with a classmate named Cecil Jacobs after Cecil declares that âScout Finchâs daddy defends niggers.â Atticus has been asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. It is a case he cannot hope to win, but he tells Scout that he must argue it to uphold his sense of justice and self-respect.