Just before the court hears the verdict, Scout thinks it was like watching "Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty." What is the significance of this line?
The significance of this line, that Scout thinks to herself, is that Atticus fought a good fight but knew that he did not have the right conditions to win. Even though he had all the right facts and gave a good delivery of them in the court room, the conditions of that time, where prejudism against Blacks was prevalent and didn't allow people to accept the facts if they favored to the Blacks.
~ Rayleen Struik
The significance of this line, that Scout thinks to herself, is that Atticus fought a good fight but knew that he did not have the right conditions to win. Even though he had all the right facts and gave a good delivery of them in the court room, the conditions of that time, where prejudism against Blacks was prevalent and didn't allow people to accept the facts if they favored to the Blacks.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rayleen. Atticus was the best shot in town. In fact they called him "One-shot finch"(97) because "if he shot fifteen times and hit fourteen doves he'd complain about wasting ammunition."(98)In the same way everyone trusted him to hit the dog they also trusted him to give it his all in the trial. The trial gun was empty though because people didn't like people, so racial discrimination and stuff. In the end Atticus had all his sights lined up guaranteed to hit, but the gun was out of ammo.
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