Atticus believes that the mob had broken up because, "You children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough." (Lee 210) Each and every mob is made up of people that you will know, and will recognize from around your little town. When Jem, Dill, and Scout, go out to meet Atticus and the mob, before she even notices the mood she gets them to leave. After realizing Mr. Cunningham is one of the men in the mob, she tries to make some small talk. She says things like, "I go to school with Walter" (Lee 205) or "Entailments are bad" (Lee 205) ". After a minute or two, Mr. Cunningham decides to leave without taking Tom Robinson, and gets the rest of the mob to come too. What Atticus is saying about Walter Cunningham, or the mob in general, is that, "Mr. Cunninghams basically a good man, he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us." (Lee 210). He thinks that every person in an angry mob is normally one of the normal townspeople, and that it doesn't change who they are.
But who else is in the mob? And why is it that the mob simply follows Mr. Cunningham without a single complaint?
I believe that in the text it explains why the mob follows Mr. Cunningham. "A mob is always made up of people, no matter what," (Lee, 210). In the quote above Atticus is explaining to Jem and Scout how mobs work. He is telling them that a mob always consists of people, people as an human beings. When looking at the history of people we always have had a leader or someone to follow. Whether it is an elderly, a king, or a president we always have a leader. So, it is natural for people to follow others. In this case the mob was formed because they were against Tom Robinson. Mr. Cunningham shows great leader ship in many ways, one being when he retreats (Lee, 210) That is why the mob follows Mr. Cunningham.
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