Throughout the novel, Bean has demonstrated his defiance to lose heart over Poke, the first person to die that he had formed his first social bond. In the streets of Rotterdam Bean fought to stay alive. He eventually relied on Poke the captain of her crew. Even though Bean faced hard times surviving his life up to the point where he meets Poke he does not give up. His philosophy to not hold grudges allows …showed first 75 words of 367 total…

…showed last 75 words of 367 total…home news of the kids and school calling him a Negro lover as well as many other racist comments. Atticus is able to survive the hardships of defending Tom Robinson because he believes that increasing the court supplying justice to the Town will decrease the racisism within the town. He believes that this court case no matter the result will enlighten the town to live in peace with minorities, whatever their skin color or religion.