Theme Of Class In To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the small local of Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s. The main focus of the story is the trial against Tom Robinson who was accused of raping young Mayella Ewell. The story can be seen through the eyes of protagonist, Scout Finch who is the daughter of Tom Robinson’s lawyer, Atticus Finch. Protagonist Scout Finch will be the one to introduce us to our antagonist, Mayella Ewell. In this small town race, gender, and class will determine the power of an individual in this small Alabama community.
As class pertains to the work, class can be defined as: the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status. Class can determine many qualities
of a person including their power in society. The antagonist Mayella Ewell is low ranking in class in her community, she is a member of a very low income family who lives in a cabin that was abandoned by Negroes behind the town dump. Mayella lacks the proper education needed to succeed in her life out of the lower class. Class can determine the power of an individual, Mayella because of her family. Her family name gives Mayella a label titling her to not be taken seriously, the Ewell label is a stereotype in this community. The Ewells are not taken seriously, they have very little power, and a low rank in class. Others ,however may see the Ewells as powerful due to the fact that people pity them because of their circumstances. Even through pity, the Ewells especially Mayella are considered powerless in their class.
As class pertains to the work, class can be defined as: the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status. Class can determine many qualities
of a person including their power in society. The antagonist Mayella Ewell is low ranking in class in her community, she is a member of a very low income family who lives in a cabin that was abandoned by Negroes behind the town dump. Mayella lacks the proper education needed to succeed in her life out of the lower class. Class can determine the power of an individual, Mayella because of her family. Her family name gives Mayella a label titling her to not be taken seriously, the Ewell label is a stereotype in this community. The Ewells are not taken seriously, they have very little power, and a low rank in class. Others ,however may see the Ewells as powerful due to the fact that people pity them because of their circumstances. Even through pity, the Ewells especially Mayella are considered powerless in their class.