Atticus Relevant Today
To kill a Mockingbird was written and published by Harper Lee in nineteen-sixty, but was set in the nineteen-thirties during the Great Depression and a time of much racial tension. The story is about a nine year old girl named Scout, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus,who is a lawyer. Atticus is given a very controversial case where he has to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. TKAM reflects its time period in many different ways. First, it shows Mr. Cunningham paying Atticus with hickory nuts and other vegetables. On page 21 Scout says to Atticus “why does he pay you like that?” Atticus the replies with “Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money.” This reflects the Great Depression, a massive recession in the time the book is set. The next example of reflecting the time period is on
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The first example is racial inequality, this is seen throughout the book whether it’s falsely accusing Tom Robinson or segregation. In chapter 23 Atticus says “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads, they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s word, the white always wins. They’re ugly, but these are the facts of life.” This is relevant today because of the racial inequality in the world. Another way TKAM is relevant today is the amount of poverty in the book. In chapter 2 Miss Caroline finds out Walter Cunningham doesn’t have money for lunch, Miss Caroline then offers him twenty-five cents for lunch. After he refuses many times Scout says “Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life." This is relevant today because of the recent recession that put people into poverty and debt that they couldn’t afford to pay
The first example is racial inequality, this is seen throughout the book whether it’s falsely accusing Tom Robinson or segregation. In chapter 23 Atticus says “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads, they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s word, the white always wins. They’re ugly, but these are the facts of life.” This is relevant today because of the racial inequality in the world. Another way TKAM is relevant today is the amount of poverty in the book. In chapter 2 Miss Caroline finds out Walter Cunningham doesn’t have money for lunch, Miss Caroline then offers him twenty-five cents for lunch. After he refuses many times Scout says “Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life." This is relevant today because of the recent recession that put people into poverty and debt that they couldn’t afford to pay