Similarities Between Cunningham And Burris Ewell

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There are many different social classes that are greatly represented in Lee's well known book "To kill a Mockingbird." For example, the Cunningham's in the Ewell's.
In the book, Walter Cunningham attends school regularly to get a good education, while Burris Ewell only shows up for the first day of school every year. This is a very subtle representation of the different social classes. The Cunningham's can obviously pay for school regularly as the Ewell's only allow their kids to show up once so they can work for money instead of getting high education. All the families in the neighborhood, despite the financial situation, are very similar. The Cunningham's and the Ewell's are both pretty poor, one just saves their money better than the