Harper Lee satirises the white community by juxtaposing the black and white communities reaction to Tom Robinsons court case. The contrast shown is that the black community shower Atticus with gifts, they provide a large breakfast for him that is compared to the food the president has in the White House. Where as the white community gossip about Jem and Dill being present at the court case.
Atticus becomes very emotional when he discover what the black community left for him “Tell them I’m very grateful, they must never do this again. Times are too hard” that is Atticus reaction to the food he is given. The black community appreciate that Atticus has defended Tom Robinson even though they knew he would fail.
“Miss Stephanie’s nose quivered with curiosity. She wanted to know who gave us all permission to go to court.” In this quotation Harper Lee satirises the white community as they think it is more important to gossip about why Jem and Scout attended the court case, rather than mention anything about the actual court case, and Tom Robinson being convicted.
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