Chapter 22
Today I went to the Hall of Justice to see the judgment. At first, I thought Atticus would win and Tom would be set free. But when heard the words”guilty”, I was too amazed to say anything. I am not able to stand by myself, so that I stand by grasping the balustrade. I saw everyone is happy, except for me. The tears started filling my eyes. I don’t know why I want to cry. Maybe I am too sad or angry. The only thing that I feel like saying is that It is not right.
It is not right. I can never understand the reason why Tom becomes guilty. I think the only reason is that Tom is a black guy, so that no one believes him. And all of the people are firmly convinced that black people is guilty without thinking and understanding. Comparing a bad white person and a kind black person, the society always believe that a bad white person is better. There are a great deal of prejudice and misunderstanding about black people in our civilization. The black people are the disadvantaged minority of us. It is not fare to them.
When I was young, I think I can help everyone if I become a lawyer. I am able to keep major things fare by using the law. But today I found the law become too lack of strength in front of the prejudice and misunderstanding. The law just becomes the word that is not useful. No one obey that. We deal the things with our subjective determine like what happened today. An innocent and kind black man is judged guilty. I am not sure what will happen in the future? Will the law become more and more righteous?
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