he division in the human race, where there is an opinion "that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women". This parallel construction together with anaphora "all Negroes" & clearly heard alliterationl, m, n/ create the jingling abrupt rhythm expressing the lawyer's indignation towards this evil opinion, hidden under the logic & outward calmness. Later on we also see another simile "a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin". It should underline the contrast between the surface & the inner state. Tom is black, but his soul is innocent, white & clean, whereas the Ewells & many other people have snow white faces, but such dirty black souls. These words also refer to the main idea of the text. At first we may think that it's the race discrimination according to the key words of the extract "black & white", but it's only on the surface. Here everything what seems to be right turns out to be wrong, & so it's the upper layer only. The real opposition lies in the word "truth", used in two variants: the truth & a truth. This usage of the indefinite article, with the deviation from the literary norm, prompts us that the society has many truths, which have been invented due to the freaky nature of people & which are almost lies, opposed to the truth, the truth of God, the only truth existing in the world. The truth is as high as the stars & we can only approach to it in the court, but a truth prevents us from it.
             So, the problem of equality is also put before the reader. It's also fore grounded in the novel & in Atticus's speech, that's underlined by the quotation of Thomas Jefferson "All men are created equal". Atticus dwells upon it on purpose, to show that here a truth & the truth are also relevant. The truth is that "all men are not created equal in the sense som...