To Kill A Mockingbird Monologue Analysis

Individuals will go to extraordinary lengths—even fight against an entire, community—in order to seek justice.
Dearest Scout,
I know that as I write this, you are much too young to understand the events that are happening around us which will affect you one day. I hope that as you read this five, ten, or even fifteen years in the future, you can understand my motives behind what I have done. Our family name has come under great scrutiny because I took on a case that I feel I was called to do by our Lord himself. I was approached to defend Tom Robinson against claims that he had committed unlawful acts on a young girl he lived near. I knew from the moment I accept this case that I would not win. A coloured man on trial for a crime such as rape is never going to win. Just talking to someone of colour is considered a terrible act in today’s society. You are intelligent enough to realise how the Finch family is considered now that I have fought long and hard for Tom.
They whisper terrible things about me, that I love Negros and don’t appreciate the responsibility and ‘privileged’ life I have because of my skin colour. Scout, you are the brightest young lady I will ever know, and I pray that you, too, realise that just because someone has dark coloured skin, doesn’t make them a terrible person. Everyone deserves the right for justice – regardless of their gender, age, status or skin