To Kill A Mockingbird Social Class Analysis
Injustice in the Social Classes
Jill is a young girl from a rich family and she loves all of her friends, yet her best friend Lucy is never allowed to come over. Lucy’s family is seen around the town to be a disgrace because of their lack of money, unlike everyone else in this dominantly rich town. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help you are able to witness these unfair incidences and mistreatment of lower social classes and you can see the stereotyping of the upper classes and how they are suppose to act. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Help by Kathryn Stockett both show that social classes create a barrier for the equality of life and opportunities given to the many people in each class. Overall, both books allow …show more content…
With the pyramids of classes many thought and believe in the necessary act of hating upon the class that was lower than them. Aunt Alexandra is one to believe is this when she tell Scout, “ there is no doubt in my mind that they’re good folks but they’re not our kind of folks” as she is not allowing Scout to associate with Walter Cunningham (Lee 226). Since the Cunninghams are poor, Aunt Alexandra forms a belief that they are different just because they have less money and she believes she can treat them differently. In Maycomb they do not only treat the lower class poorly but it is also shown an unfair system in the courtroom. They describe that if it were to be a white man against an African American, “the white man always wins”(251). In the courtroom this is showing favoritism to one, who is seen as a superior class. With that it leads to an unfair justice system that was affected by the social classes. Another incident of injustice is also shown because of the social classes found in Maycomb, which deals with the African Americans . As Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella to hide Boll Ewells abuse. While Tom Robinson is in court defending himself the final verdict comes as a, “guilty...guilty...guilty…”(214). Tom even though was an innocent man was given no chance when he walked into the courtroom against one of Maycomb's higher classes. All in all, social class injustice leads to unfair treatment and unfair chances given to the lower
Jill is a young girl from a rich family and she loves all of her friends, yet her best friend Lucy is never allowed to come over. Lucy’s family is seen around the town to be a disgrace because of their lack of money, unlike everyone else in this dominantly rich town. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help you are able to witness these unfair incidences and mistreatment of lower social classes and you can see the stereotyping of the upper classes and how they are suppose to act. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Help by Kathryn Stockett both show that social classes create a barrier for the equality of life and opportunities given to the many people in each class. Overall, both books allow …show more content…
With the pyramids of classes many thought and believe in the necessary act of hating upon the class that was lower than them. Aunt Alexandra is one to believe is this when she tell Scout, “ there is no doubt in my mind that they’re good folks but they’re not our kind of folks” as she is not allowing Scout to associate with Walter Cunningham (Lee 226). Since the Cunninghams are poor, Aunt Alexandra forms a belief that they are different just because they have less money and she believes she can treat them differently. In Maycomb they do not only treat the lower class poorly but it is also shown an unfair system in the courtroom. They describe that if it were to be a white man against an African American, “the white man always wins”(251). In the courtroom this is showing favoritism to one, who is seen as a superior class. With that it leads to an unfair justice system that was affected by the social classes. Another incident of injustice is also shown because of the social classes found in Maycomb, which deals with the African Americans . As Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella to hide Boll Ewells abuse. While Tom Robinson is in court defending himself the final verdict comes as a, “guilty...guilty...guilty…”(214). Tom even though was an innocent man was given no chance when he walked into the courtroom against one of Maycomb's higher classes. All in all, social class injustice leads to unfair treatment and unfair chances given to the lower