The great depression was a terrible time for companies that fell and the 15 million americans that lost their jobs. Have you ever read a book that took place in the 1930s? The book To Kill A Mockingbird takes during the great depression around the 1930s. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about accepting all types of people, such as: poor, antisocial and black. Accepting and judging all types of people is still a concept that many people are learning to comprehend in this century.
The book, To Kill A Mockingbird is seen through the eyes of Scout, a young female. When Scout starts her first year of school she met her teacher, who is new to the town. In the first week of school the teacher comes to understand that some kids can’t afford lunch such as Walter Cunningham. The teacher tries to offer Walter a quarter but he doesn’t accepts the money, because he won't be able to pay it back. She has to accept how taking money from other makes him feel. Scout had to accept that Walter ate differently then her because he didn’t have the same type of food.
As Scout grows up she learns to accept that Boo Radley doesn’t like to leave his house or be around people. Scout used to look down on Boo Radley, because he never left his house. She heard rumors why he didn’t
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During the time period in which this book took place people who had darker skin (black) would be looked down on. When the town hear that her father was defending Tom Robinson, a black man in the trial, they were all furious. Scout's father tells her “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” Then Scout hears from the kids at school that her father is a “negro lover”, she starts to get upset about what the kids are saying. When she confronts Atticus about it, he explains to her that all men are equal, no matter the skin