In the book The Offensive Internet : Speech, Privacy, and Reputation written by Martha Craven Nussbaum, the idea that the reputation of people is able to be influenced easily, and the reputation is capable to change a person's opinion and behavior.

Martha states that the reputation of people would be influenced by lots of facts such as rumors. Martha mentioned that the negative reputation has devastating influence to a person, and it might swing the person's opinion. The person influenced by reputation might change his or her behavior towards to the direction of the crowd. Reputation serves as the best tool to lead the public.

This idea was proved in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by the example of Atticus. The case which Atticus is handling to protect blacks not only makes people blame on him, but influences his family, Jem and Scout especially, as well. Also, because of the influence of Aunt Alexandra, Atticus started telling Scout to care about the name of the Finch Family.

The essential question that "How can the reputation of the person influence his behavior and opinions?" is answered by the book The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation. Although the book mainly talks about the Internet false rumor problem, there's no big differences between the essences. The reputation has the power to change people's mind and behavior by leading the opinions of the majority and adding pressure to the person who is suffering from the influence.

The most important part I need to focus on for the novel is the literature elements of the novel. Harper Lee uses symbolization through the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, and those symbols are significant to the understanding of the book to us. Focusing on the literature elements and the use of symbolization are able to help us understand the story better and get the meaning in a deeper level. Also, the understanding of symbols in the novel reveals the theme of the author better to us.