SOCIAL CLASSES IN MAYCOMB Even among whites‚ social hierarchy is evident. Each class looks down on the one below it- AS EVIDENT IN PG 249‚ “THERE ARE FOUR KINDS OF FOLKS IN THE WORLD..” There are many different social classes in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The factors that separate people into these social classes are their skin color and their occupation. First social class- Respectable White-collar workers; professionals For example‚ Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Jem are part of the highest social class.
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ uses a young narrator‚ Scout‚ to explore the understanding of different topics through the plot of the novel. Scout is a keen listener‚ and learns about standardised racial inequality during the 1930s through the dialogue of her brother‚ Jem. Aunt Alexandra’s characterisation portrays to Scout how she is socially considered better than others because of her race‚ upbringing and her family. The author conveys gender oppression through Scout’s perspective
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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
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them through a socio-economic‚ a historical and psychological lenses. This project is peices of Scout’s scrapbook that she made. My first genre in my novel is a map of Maycomb through a socio-economic lense showing the different levels of the social classes based on economy as well as the character’s reputation and how they are perceived by society. “Behind the rough oak pulpit a faded pink silk banner proclaimed God Is Love‚ the church’s only except a rotogravure print of Hunt’s light of the
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Nelle Harper Lee‚ was written in 1960. During the 1960’s great movements towards equality and integration were taking place‚ there was great social injustice towards African-Americans. This was Lee’s entire plot of the book he wanted to show how even when all evidence proofed a black man innocent when his word is faced the that of a white person or person of the privileged society‚ he will be found guilty. In To Kill a Mockingbird Lee wrote about a black man named Tom Robinson
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Social inequality was a major factor of society during The Great Depression. People frowned upon other races.Some welcomed them to their community but many others did not. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ There’s a huge difference between two races. The novel explores human morality and shows many indications of it throughout the book. One way that the novel separates the two is when Lula asks Calpurnia to make Jem and Scout leave the black church. “Lula stopped‚ but she said ‘You ain’t
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release‚ Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird earned the glamorous Pulitzer Prize. This book encompasses various themes strung throughout‚ including the theme of social discrimination by class--often to the poor or black. Plainly‚ one can notice this subject in the court case regarding the accusation of Tom Robinson‚ the defendant‚ by Mr. Ewell‚ the prosecutor. In addition to falsely accusing an innocent black‚ Mr. Ewell treats African-Americans as trash. Social class also evidences itself in
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ social inequality and racial discrimination are represented through the patriarchal society. It is through the differences among Maycomb’s people and the prejudice against Tom Robinson that the “Master’s House” is reinforced in the novel. The distinction in social status is presented through the social hierarchy of Maycomb. In Audre Lorde’s The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House‚ she states: “But community must not mean a shedding of our
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ADOLESCENT PSYCH NOTES: Adolescence? Developmental stage (between childhood and adulthood) Preparation for Adulthood/Transition Figuring out interests/goals/ planning for the future Erickson – Moratorium Gaining maturity (e.g. Neurologically; Cognitively) Social Behavioral change is result of Cognitive Development Motivational Changes as well Being able to take reality in and really begin to understand what is happening in the world. Adulthood Being Reached
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Social Inequality 1930’s Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ the setting for the Harper Lee novel To Kill A Mockingbird. A novel which highlights the issue of social inequality‚ and the asinine binds of racial division in the 1930s South. Tom Robinson‚ an African American gentleman‚ was falsely accused of the rape of Mayella Ewell‚ an impoverished young white woman‚ and had to battle for his life at court in a racist‚ and prejudice society. But social inequality is not limited to only race. All people of all different
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