(hook):In today's world there are many thing wrong with it, such as war poverty racism, greed. (clarification statement):In harper lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird the effects of racism and poverty are very apparent. In the poor community and the rich community. the white and the black community, these elements are still there. (thesis statement):This novel strongly portrays racism, poverty, and gender discrimination.
(black)In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird racism is a strong and very visible thing. It is portrayed through the way they speak, the way they act, and how they view each other. (blue)in the novel racism is shown when bob ewell gets up on the stand and says. (red) “ I knowed who it was, all right, lived down yonder in that nigger-nest”(lee 234). (green) this shows that bob ewell has no respect for the black race. (blue)Another thing that shows racism in the novel is when bob ewell yells in the courthouse. (red) “-i seen that black nigger down yonder ruttin on my
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The no takes place during the great depression in maycomb county alabama.(blue) it is shown by when scout asks this question:(red) “ are we poor atticus? Atticus nodded. We are indeed… not exactly the cunninghams are counter folks the crash hit them the hardest”(lee 27).(green)this shows that even though atticus and the finches are the upper class they are just a little better off than the poor class and the working class. (blue)the second thing that portrays poverty in the novel is how the ewell’s act and how and where they live. (red)maycomb's Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a negro cabin. The cabins walls were supplemented with corrugated iron, it’s roof shingled with tin cans hammered flat”(Lee 227).(green) This shows of how poverty affected the poor during this time period. (black) This is how poverty is portrayed through Harper Lee’s writing in the novel To Kill a