Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And The 1930s

Amie Betzold

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Pixler To Kill a Mockingbird

The 1930s was a tough time especially because of all the crime and poverty. To Kill a Mockingbird explains many different types of problems it shows a little girl’s point of perspective on them. It has many aspects of the past and its historical events. There are many historical connections between To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1930s here are three to discuss. To Kill a Mockingbird reflects Historical events by demonstrating racism, Jim Crow laws, and crimes from the 1930s.

To Kill a Mockingbird reflects racism from the time of the 1930s in many different ways. One of them is when Reverend says, “Mr. Jem I ain’t never seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man” (Lee 279). This quote is an example of racism from the 1930s by showing that the jury never voted or decided in favor of a colored man because of his race. It also reveals racism because no matter who committed the crime the colored man will lose. Another quote from Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird that

One crime was when a group of men came for Tom Robinson. When Mr. Cunningham asked, “He in there, Mr. Finch? …He is, …You know what we want, …Get aside from the door Mr. Finch” (Lee 202). Many crimes that were committed during this time were people coming to beat one or a few people up in big groups which is known as lynching. In this section, this group of men was coming to lynch, or beat up, Mr. Robinson. The other crime I will be discussing is when Tom was accused of rape. An example is when Atticus asked, “Tom, did you rape Mayella Ewell?” (Lee 260). This crime was also very popular and one of the most common crimes. In this text one of the main events or problems is that Tom Robinson, who is a black man, is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewells, which was a high