Racism And Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

“To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in the small rural town Macomb Alabama in the 1930’s. The town gives the illusion of being a pleasant safe place to live but the social classes are clear, the “normal” white townspeople”; the ignorant uneducated hicks, and the lowest class is the black community. This irrational social hiechary is explored through out the novel and displays the destructive nature of racism and prejudice of all types through out the novel. The story is narrated from the point of view of a young girl, Scout Finch. Scout is notorious for being a tomboy she is reprimanded on multiple occasions for wearing overalls and getting into trouble with other children. She often gets into fights will boys and speaks her mind. She is curious and intelligent and always asking questions ,often at the wrong time. Although Scout is raised in a poor town her family is well off compared to the other townspeople since her father is a prominent lawyer in town.
He is one of very few people in the town who represent morality and rationality. He is a static character, he rarely changes his opinion and never contradicts his beliefs. He is often judged for his parenting style, he treats his children like equals and still accepts that they are in fact children and make mistakes often. He often has to defend his parenting to older citizens of Maycomb and his distant family. He believes all people are equal and that race is irrelevant. Therefor he agrees to defend an African American man falsely accused of raping a white woman.The town is appalled and mistreats Atticus and his children Scout and