We are all HUMAN

       In the reading, Atticus shows the readers what is the true courage. He knows that the mob from Old Sarum will go to the jail and kill Tom Robinson before the trial starts. They don't want a black man who is accused of raping a white woman is innocent. Atticus drives to the jail and sits there. He is not gonna use any weapon to stop the mob. He will use his word to convince them not trying to kill Tom Robinson. He is scared but he doesn't step back because he knows it's not the right thing to do. He has to protect his client and Tom's family. Their lives are in his hand. Atticus knows the mob including his friend, Mr. Cunningham, could kill him any time. Then, Scout, Jem, and Dill appear in front of Atticus. He doesn't know what to do so he just tells them go home. Scout, an eight-year-old girl who doesn't know what is happening, asks Mr. Cunningham how he is doing and if he remembers her or not. There is a silence and Mr. Cunningham doesn't answer Scout's questions. Then, Scout continues saying that she is Walter's friend, his son's friend and he has come to her house for dinner once. Scout's words change Mr. Cunningham in the mob from Old Sarum to Mr. Cunningham who is a friend of Atticus and a father of Walter. The mob leave as Mr. Cunningham orders. On the next day, Jem and Scout ask Atticus if Mr. Cunningham is still his friend and his answer is yes. Atticus says Mr. Cunningham acts that way because he has his blind spot which is African-American.
       To me, this reading is the best so far. There are a lot of lessons I can take from this. The biggest lesson is we are human, we always make mistakes and we learn from it. Atticus knows he could die if he stops the mob but he still does it. Although his friend, Mr. Cunningham, might have killed him, Atticus still says that they are friend. The reason is because Atticus knows Mr. Cunningham is a good person in individual. He has a tremendous capacity for forgiveness that hard for anyone else to do. Not only Atticus teaches me lesson about life but Scout teaches me too. She shows me how innocent, how curious, and how honest a child is. She just asks some simple questions  and introduces herself to Mr. Cunningham but no one knows that that small conversation changes Mr. Cunningham's mind. For a moment, those short question put Mr. Cunningham into Atticus' shoes that remind him he is a human, a father of a child, and a friend of a person that stands in front of him. I really admire Atticus for all the things he has done in the book and Scout, too. I hope that there will be more lessons for us the readers from this book in the next chapters. And remember, we are all human.