Tom Robinson's case was used as an example to show how people are not fair toward colored people. Tom Robinson was found guilty. Atticus' case was presented perfectly and he showed all of the holes on the defenses case. Atticus had a great case that was well presented but Tom was still found guilty. The people on the jury during the trial hated Tom because he was black and found him guilty because he was black. In this chapter, the towns people seemed to be cynical toward Tom. Even though Tom was found guilty it still made people think about how they looked at segregation and if it was the right thing to do. After the trial, Jem asks Atticus, "How could they do it, how could they?" Atticus told Jem, "I dont know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it-seems only children weep" This case was like the State v. John Scopes trial where the point of the case was not to win, but to make people reconsider whether or not they were making the right decisions.
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