Great Depression In To Kill A Mockingbird
Everybody has been through tough times and sometimes showed that is possible or not possible to get through these times. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is detailed as a very adventurous young tomboy who is trying to show everyone how it's possible to grow up during hard times; the Great Depression, Tom robinson case and incidents with Boo Radley.
The Great Depression was a huge factor for scout in To kill a Mockingbird as it takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930´s when the economic system was at an all time low, Harper Lee described Maycomb as ¨being in a economical decline.¨ Scout starts by saying “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it… There was no hurry, for
there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (Lee 5) Scout and her family never wanted to borrow anything from anybody because they knew that they could not afford to return the favor.
The Tom Robinson case was also a very big event in To Kill a Mockingbird. The trial for Tom Robinson took a long period of time. Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white women but there are many different stories as to what happened on that night. "Tom Robinson's a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world's going to say 'We think you're guilty, but not very' on a charge like that. It was either a straight acquittal or nothing." (Lee 219), This shows that because Tom is a colored man they will either charge him with the rape and have heavy charges but they won't lessen the charges at all.
Incidents with Boo Radley also show how Scout overcame hard times in Maycomb, Alabama. ¨ Anybody brave enough to go up and touch the house hadn't been using a fishing pole.¨(Lee 48) This shows that nobody ever wanted to touch the radley's house. By the summer time after they find gum in the tree knot they come up with a game called the ¨ Boo Radley Game¨ where they would act out different members of the radley family. This shows that they have overcame their fears of the Radley family.
Scout Finch, an adventurous young tomboy trying to show everyone how it's possible to grow up during hard times; the Great Depression, Tom robinson case and incidents with Boo Radley. America eventually overcame the great depression but not without leaving stories and lessons to be lea ered behind. Just like Scout eventually realized that Boo Radley was nothing to fear of. Everyone learns from their mistakes in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Depression was a huge factor for scout in To kill a Mockingbird as it takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930´s when the economic system was at an all time low, Harper Lee described Maycomb as ¨being in a economical decline.¨ Scout starts by saying “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it… There was no hurry, for
there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (Lee 5) Scout and her family never wanted to borrow anything from anybody because they knew that they could not afford to return the favor.
The Tom Robinson case was also a very big event in To Kill a Mockingbird. The trial for Tom Robinson took a long period of time. Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white women but there are many different stories as to what happened on that night. "Tom Robinson's a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world's going to say 'We think you're guilty, but not very' on a charge like that. It was either a straight acquittal or nothing." (Lee 219), This shows that because Tom is a colored man they will either charge him with the rape and have heavy charges but they won't lessen the charges at all.
Incidents with Boo Radley also show how Scout overcame hard times in Maycomb, Alabama. ¨ Anybody brave enough to go up and touch the house hadn't been using a fishing pole.¨(Lee 48) This shows that nobody ever wanted to touch the radley's house. By the summer time after they find gum in the tree knot they come up with a game called the ¨ Boo Radley Game¨ where they would act out different members of the radley family. This shows that they have overcame their fears of the Radley family.
Scout Finch, an adventurous young tomboy trying to show everyone how it's possible to grow up during hard times; the Great Depression, Tom robinson case and incidents with Boo Radley. America eventually overcame the great depression but not without leaving stories and lessons to be lea ered behind. Just like Scout eventually realized that Boo Radley was nothing to fear of. Everyone learns from their mistakes in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird