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Answered by Aslan. As Atticus has explained to Scout many times about this, He is doing this becasue he values equailty and justice. He believes that everyone is equal and therefore just because Tom Robinson is black, doesn't mean that he should not defend him.e says to Scout many times, if he did not defend this man, he could never tell Jem or her (Scout) not to do something. He has to set a good example for his children and if he expects them to do something or follow certain values, then he must display them first.
(Answer #2). Atticus tells her not to get in a fight with anyone, but once her cousin tells her that her father is something very bad she loses it. He also insults Dill. Her uncle also punished her for it but once she told her side of the story he understood and was immediately planning to punish Francis.Ask a question.owever, Scout asked him to let it go; it was important to her that Atticus not know that she had let him down by fighting with Francis. He had warned her that people were going to say ugly things as the trial date approached, and that she was not to fight, no matter how angry she might feel.