Racial Progression (21-25)

There are many signs of racial progression in Maycomb at the end of To Kill a Mocking Bird. Some of the main signs are that a Judge was willing to appoint a very good lawyer to Tom Robinson’s case in order to give him a good chance at winning. Another sign was that Atticus accepted the Judges offer, and proceeded to try to give Tom Robinson the best chance possible. Yet another sign of progression was the length of time that the jury was out, previously the jury would have only been out for a very short time, however this time one of the jurors even wanted to vote the other way, until the other jurors convinced him, either way the jury was out for quite a long time when it was a back man’s word against a white man’s word. The final major sign that Racial Relations were improving in the south was that Mr. Underwood was able to write a long article about the injustice in the death of Tom Robinson without facing serious repercussions, including his own murder. I believe that the fact that these things have happened in Maycomb is proof that not just a few people have changed in Maycomb, but proof that the majority of the town is becoming more tolerant, and that if Maycomb is an accurate representation of the South, then the whole South may be going through these same changes.