As the book advances, we can quite clearly see how things are progressing towards the end. Atticus is having a larger roll to play in the story by this point - his defending of Tom Robinson, a black man, has effectively ostracized him from the community, and Scout and her brother, Jem, take a good amount of the prejudiced abuse. In the very first part of the first chapter of this segment, a nasty boy at their school accuses Atticus of being a "n*gger-lover" in front of Scout's face.
This point in the story, however, is moreso an introduction to a second major part of the story: Courage. This comes up multiple times throughout the chapters, starting with Scout's dinner conversation with Atticus. As he tells her about the case he's taking on, Scout asks him:
"Atticus, are we going to win it?"
"No honey."
"Then why-"
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."
This demonstrates an idea that partially forms the basis of this book: that Courage is nescessary, in all it's forms. Atticus once again demonstrates this brilliantly by killing a rabid dog. In the process, he also proves to Scout that he still has a good amunt of skill left in him, simultaniously removing a problem and assuaging Scout's worries. So, as the book demonstrates, corage is it's own reward.
I chose this picture to represent this because it is a still of one of the scenes from the movie adaption of the book. It is pictured here the very moment after Atticus has shot the rabid dog - when he lifts his glasses up to survey his handiwork.
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