because you were of a lower social class. This is how many of the people in Maycomb county feel in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jean Louise Finch “Scout”‚ who is the narrator‚ is essentially the main character. One can see many of the issues of social class through her eyes. By using countless examples like The Ewell‚ Cunningham‚ and Finch families‚ Harper Lee shows us that judging others based on class is not right. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee portrays the Cunningham
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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. For example‚ Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Jem are part of the highest social class. They are part of this social class because Atticus is a lawyer‚ which makes him a highly respected person in the community. He is also white‚ which‚ at that time was a very important factor that chose who belonged in what social class. Scout and Jem are his
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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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Social class is a significant issue seen throughout history. Individuals have a tendancy to put people into groups and expect them to stay there. People should not be defined by how they live and how successful they are. As seen in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird there is an extreme segregation of people. The different “classes” and how each in turn are treated are clearly visible within the novel. Seeing the progression of hatred‚ discrimination‚ and rejection shows us how social class is becoming
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Social Class and Race in To Kill A Mockingbird Imagine if you were thrown into the South in the middle of the Great Depression; you would probably be very preoccupied with race and social class. Accordingly‚ in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ set in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930’s‚ race and social class are big issues. During these times‚ blacks were hated and looked down upon by many white people. The Jim Crow laws established segregation between whites and blacks and discrimination
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“To Kill A Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee‚ is a book written from the perspective of a child in the 1900s and written in a developed town where even the “small characters” make a big difference in the story‚ one “small character” in the story is Mayella Ewell‚ a crucial person in this story. Mayella Ewell‚ a white female who comes from a poor family lineage‚ and also has seven siblings and a father who gets drunk and abuses and disrespects mayella and her rights. Around the 1930s everything revolved
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Many novels of the past hold powerful themes that could be influential. The memorable novels Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë share some of the themes one would see in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird shows the different prejudices in the 1930’s by apprising small stories that are leading up to the main plot and is about a six year old girl named Scout Finch who matured in many different ways throughout the story. Scout grew up
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perspective. This could resolve bigotry‚ racism‚ and class warfare in society. The central idea Harper Lee expresses for curing racism‚ bigotry‚ and class warfare in To Kill A Mockingbird is in order to is to walk around in other people’s’ shoes in order to understand their
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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
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The book To Kill a Mockingbird is based out of the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The residents in Maycomb are extremely racist and see minor inequalities as major differences and reasons to segregate. The families of Maycomb have their own hereditary social classes and are pretty much stuck in their class based on occupation and race. People in Maycomb are born into significance or are born into less fortunate situations. Many of the characters use these social classes to boost their self esteem. Due
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