For example, in the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, despite Tom Robinson's obvious innocence, he is convicted of rape; it was the word of his honest black man against that of a deceitful white woman. Racism had a higher position than ethics and truth. Jem, a typical young boy, out of adolescence, loses all faith in the logic of justice within the legal system and in people in general. It can be assumed that if the victim had been a black woman and the defendant a white man, the race-based nullification would have set him free, no matter how strong the evidence against him. David Thoreau says, “Let your life be the counterweight to stop the machine. What I have to do is take care, in any case, not to lend myself to the wrong that I condemn." (Page 35). If the government passes an unjust law, Thoreau argues, in some circumstances it is necessary to break the law and be the person who goes against the “machine,” or government metaphor. This suggests that when someone is accused of committing a crime, what really should be considered is whether the crime is based on an unjust law. Thoreau believes that there would be a result that would show the government's guilt. How is it possible that the government can get away with such wrong actions? Because this is the law, and when Thoreau suggests breaking the law, this is wrong even if it goes against the wrong