Monroe Freedman wrote an article in our very own Legal Times more than 20 years ago that was attacked when published because of his appraisal of Atticus Finch, the heroic fictional lawyer of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A role model for lawyers? Freedman thought not.
Last week, with the publication of “Go Set a Watchman,” Freedman became the rare prophetic voice among the literary world’s exclamations of shock. In 1992, the now-deceased law professor read Atticus Finch as complicit in the South’s institutionalized racism. Freedman’s less than flattering character study was heresy to literary fans, but described exactly what the beloved character has turned out to be, if not worse, in “Go Set a Watchman.”
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