At the end of Chapter 19, Dill starts crying because he is outraged at Mr.Gilmer and how he is blatantly disrespecting Tom and treating him like a black thug. Scout, Jem and Dill were watching Tom Robinson's trial when Dill begins Crying. Dill feels as though nobody should be treated the way Mr.Gilmer was to Tom, "The way that man called him 'boy' all the time an' sneered at him an' looked around the jury every time he answered--- (Harper Lee, 266)." This statement makes me think that Dill, in some ways, is like Atticus, when scout says "Well, Dill, after all he is just a Negro" Dill then says "I don't care one speck" this shows how Dill is in favor of treating blacks as equals and not as a group of outsiders. When Atticus mentions the police force of children I believe that he was talking about how the future generation would have to act on what is fair and not anger, to stand up for what they believe in. This instance Dill gets angered but doesn't act on it, he lets it flow out and say what was bothering him instead of going to Mr.Glimer's house with a mob of angry people. Atticus has been nurturing this generation to believe in a justice to make correct decisions and if not to protest the ruling within the law. When Dill shows his 'soft side' it shows that he would act on good and just intentions.
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