Atticus Finch shows Scout the lack of absolutes in the law when he first speaks with her in part one. There, he explains the equal rights of Tom Robinson, despite the town's castigation of Atticus for "defending a nigger."
Scout first encounters a taste of moral "grey areas" during this section of the book -- She begins to understand that one must act according to one's own system of values, rather than abiding by popular opinion, or at times, even the law. Good and bad, black and white, and right and wrong are prevailing themes throughout this novel.
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