Presentism is interpreted through TKAMB by the way we view racism now to back in those days of Maycomb. Racism now is viewed as a bad thing now days and it is frowned upon. Back then though racism was not a thing, people referred others as ‘white’, ‘black’, or ‘yellow’, because they had no idea it was being racist.

Miss Maudie tells Jem that he is too young to understand what she means when she says ‘some men in this world are born to do our unpleasent jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.’ Miss Maudie is trying to explain that you need people to do everyday jobs in order for the world to work. Miss Maudie wants Jem to understand that there are people who have to do jobs they don’t want to, but have to because someone has to do them.

Harper Lee has found that making Tom Robinson guilty, brings out what society was in that time. When anyone heard there was a crime it was immediately pinned onto black people (or negroes), Harper Lee wanted to show that the racial inequality at that time was disturbing to the point in where white people such as Dill are even feeling sick from watching Tom Robinson being falsely accused. Harper Lee wants us to feel guilty, guilty for the fact that all of us were made equal and to treat people in such a manner that they were forced to death.

Like Mr Gilmer, Tom Robinson is being treated cruelly. Dill is aware of this. Scout and Jem seem relatively unaware, but in different ways. Dill starts to get upset as Mr Gilmer keeps yelling at Tom for crimes he did not aquit, But Dill said she noticed that Mr Gilmer wasn’t trying today as if he was holding back on something he was saying. As Scout takes Dill outside they are confused to hear the voice of a man named Dolphus Raymond (the town drunk) saying that this trial makes him feel sick.

Atticus says “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect of their opinions.” This direct quote shows how wise Atticus is. He explains that everyone has different views of the world and others opinions don’t have to matter to you. Everyone’s opinions are what they think of the world, not what you think or what others think. That is what Atticus is trying to explain to Jem and Scout.