I chose the scene of the trial of Tom Robinson to pick music for. To me I went with the lyrics of the song rather than the background of it. I chose the song Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer. I chose this song because I believe a lot of the lyrics fit into the view of Scout in this time of her life. The song really connects to how Scout feels with how she is seeing all this bad in the world and she wants to change it, because she doesn’t understand why people are acting the way they are during the trial. She’s waiting for the world to change, for the world to see the racism and social hierarchy that she sees within her own town and the injustice against Tom Robinson. Some lines fit the story perfectly and some you have to think more to connect. I picked this song because in my mind it portrayed perfectly what was going on in the town and what Scout was feeling and dealing with.
