Journal+8+-TKAM+Litcrit

The first text was interesting. I had never thought about the book like that before. I also believe that the person who wrote that text had too much time on their hands. I'm not sure if Harper Lee tried to do things this way or just stumbled upon it. Either way when someone takes the time to notice it, the book looks like complete genius. I don't know if I would have gotten that from the book if I read it a hundred times.

Redemption of Atticus- Bull-hockey! Atticus had a conscience and he tried his darnedest to save that man. He never did it because he thought he was better. He might have said it was twice as bad to cheat a black man as it was a white man. But I believe that he said this because of the times. It would be easier to steal or cheat a black man, because nobody would have listened to him. He wanted to win and save Tom because he knew he was innocent. He wanted to be able to look at his kids with a clear conscience. He wanted to win for Tom, so an innocent man would not have to suffer an injustice such as this. Crespino needs to rethink his theory and give credit where it needs given. I don't care if Atticus is a fictional character, give the man a break. He did something nice for a man who had nothing.