The story, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee has a unique setting of 1933-1935 during the great depression period, in the small county of Maycomb, Alabama. Within the constructs of the story, it follows two characters who consist of Scout and Jem Finch while they live through the great depression and their father Atticus Finch. This story explores the themes of role models, prejudice, Jim Crow law, and morality. The two main characters within the few years that the story takes place experience many changes in their character development and morals by learning many lessons from people around them. However, the person that had the biggest impact on changing Scout and Jem's morals would likely be Atticus Finch, a role model for both of them …show more content…
This lesson takes place during the events of Tom Robinson’s trial for his innocence when he was convicted of rape due to his nationality with consideration to the current time period. This is proven when the text states, “when its a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins” This quote proves how the town of Maycomb actually is outside of the perfect place they thought it to be, due to the fact that Tom Robinson is at a disadvantage purely for his race and not for whatever evidence he would be able to bring to court. With consideration of this, Atticus also mentions something that keeps the same trend of good morals going for both Scout and Jem, this consists of, “you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life… whenevr a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash” (Lee 295). This quote goes on to be something that the children likely won’t end up forgetting about, forever changing their view on their own morals when it comes to judging people before actually getting to know them better than they already