Which of the following statements best summarizes what Atticus hopes to accomplish by defending Tom Robinson?

A. He wants to help Tom Robinson get acquitted and set free.

B. He wants to please the Judge who assigned the case to him while teaching the rest of Maycomb an important lesson about truth.

C. He wants to earn the respect of the black community in an effort to be hired more African-American clients in the future, thus helping those in Maycomb who have been discriminated against.

D. Even though he knows he’ll lose, he wants to make the jury think a bit and stand up for his personal beliefs and convictions.