"I simply wanted to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them."
~Miss Maudie and Scout
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| Being the president might seem like a laid back job, but it is just like Atticus's in a way because they are under a lot of pressure to do what is right. |
Background
Scout and the rest of the town just found out about Atticus's new client Tom Robinson and Miss Maudie was talking to Scout about it.
Rationale
Mrs. Maudie tries to make the children understand the difficult situation of the Tom Robinson case. Mrs. Maudie explains things well, telling the children even though Atticus lost, he won by forcing the town to truly examine their perceptions of race and equality. It took a great deal of time for the jury to come to their verdict, and this alone demonstrates that Atticus succeeded in causing the men of the jury to examine their views of race. Therefore, although unpleasant, Atticus's work is of great importance and will affect the future of race relations in Maycomb. Most people don’t want to deal with controversy and get their hands dirty. Mrs. Maudie is saying that Atticus has taken on that role in their society and is having to do things that nobody else would ever want or choose to do. Atticus may have not won the verdict, but he won what he set out to do, which was to make people think differently then what came natural to them. They were forced to fight their perceptions, and to try and fight against what they have always known.
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