Superstitions In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout is the Protagonist. She shows us her perspective of her dad being a lawyer for a black man who is thought to have raped a young girl. They are residing in a small town called Maycomb located in Alabama. Maycomb is a very unusual town with racism, secrets, and weird superstitions that make the town special. In the novel, there is a substantial amount of racism that contributes to the town's faults and culture. In chapter eight it says, “Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a n***** snowman,” Scout concluded, “He won’t be black long.” Jem replied. Here Scout and Jem are creating their first ever snowman, because snow is seldom in Maycomb. They are trying to make the most beautiful snowman ever, and in their opinion that involves being white. This represents how a person is not accepted in their society unless they are white. For example Tom Robinson is not

“It’s bad children like you makes the seasons change.” Mr. Avery was a man full of superstitions in chapter eight. He believed that the worse children acted the worse the weather would get. He blamed the snow that fell on Scout, Jem, and Dill. Some of the town actually believed Avery’s weird accusations. And the fact that the children had been so suspicious with their games recently did not help the matter. In chapter nine it says, "Boo was about 6 and a half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were blood stained- if you ate an animal raw,you could never wash the blood off. there was a long jagged scar that ran across his face.” Boo was usually the center of attention for Jem and Scout. Every little scenario they received around town, mostly from Stephanie Crawford, was believed, and used in their games. No matter the amount of superstitious stuff that was in each new story they believed