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Chapter 9 To Kill a mockingbird Why does Atticus take Tom's case? What does he tell Jem & Scout?

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It is a case he cannot hope to win, but he tells Scout that he must argue it to ... Later, Scout overhears Atticus telling Jack that Tom Robinson is innocent but ... Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.

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Atticus tells Scout he's defending Tom Robinson for several reasons. Among other things, he has a good character reference: "He's a member of Calpurnia's church, and Cal knows his family well. She says they're clean-living folks" (86). He knows and trusts Cal, so he takes her word as gospel.

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