Atticus: “You, Miss Scout Finch, are the common folk. You must obey the law.”
An appeal to emotion
Scout: “Burris Ewell, remember? He just goes to school the first day. The truant lady reckons she’s carried out the law when she gets his name on the roll—.”
Atticus: “It’s against the law, alright…and it’s certainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.”
An appeal to authority
Link Deas about Tom Robinson: ""that boy's worked for me eight years an' I ain't had a speck o' trouble outa him."
Atticus: “Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children?”
Atticus: “I have to make a living.”
An appeal to logic and reason
Atticus: “They’d put me in jail if I kept you home.”
