Miss Maudie Atkinson did not view the Tom Robinson trial
in To Kill a Mockingbird with the same excited curiosity that most
of the townspeople did. She knew it would not be good for Tom or Atticus, and she must
have understood the racial tensions that would be aroused. When Jem asked her if she was
going, she said she had "no business with the court this morning." When Jem told her
that it was a public trial, she said she understood that, but that was no reason that
she had to go. She compared the circus-like atmosphere to that of a "Roman
carnival."
"
't's morbid, watching a poor devil on trial for his
life."
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