Over Halfway

A little over halfway through Mockingbird now, and we are finally getting to the courtroom.  I grew up in the south, and although it was after the time in which this book was set, there were still a lot of prejudiced rednecks around (and still are, I assume), so many times, I have heard those kinds of things spew from people's mouths - sitting in amazement at how ignorant folks can be.  It takes a long time to work through those prejudices, but the way to do it is through patient prodding - doing the right thing day by day and letting others see the errors of their ways through your eyes.  That's Atticus to a tee - a quiet strength that can move mountains.