Yet the most important difference between the ethics of Kenneth Starr and those of the hero of To Kill a Mockingbird remains to be noted. At the climax of Harper Lee's novel, the hermit Boo Radley emerges from seclusion and kills the villainous Bob Ewell. He does so in defense of Finch's children, whom Ewell was trying to kill. 2 In the novel's final pages, a fascinating development occurs. Finch and Heck Tate, the sheriff, agree to lie to the town by saying that Ewell died accidentally by falling on his knife. There is no question that the killing was justifiable. Nonetheless, the sheriff convinces Finch that the local court system, which has just sent the patently innocent Tom Robinson to his death, cannot be trusted to vindicate Radley. So, the sheriff persuades Finch to go along with the accident story. In other words, the novel concludes with Atticus Finch engaging in what today could only be called obstruction of justice. 3 Finch initially resists the sheriff's suggestion with arguments that would have done credit to ...
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