The Great Depression In To Kill A Mockingbird

The story takes place during the great depression in Alabama. The focus of the story is on a girl named Scout, her brother Jem, and their father, Atticus, who is a lawyer. In the beginning, Jem and Scout become friends with a kid named Dill. The kids have a neighbor named Arthur Radley who they call Boo. They are fascinated in him because he is never seen in person. Boo would leave the kids little gifts, but they still never saw him. The father, Atticus, is appointed to defend a black man who was accused of raping a white woman. Jem and scout are heavily teased because their dad is defending a black man. Atticus figures out that the white woman, Mayella and her dad were lying and also that the woman tried to seduce the black man and then her

Tom was shot and killed while trying to escape prison. Even though Tom got convicted, the woman’s father, Bob Ewell, is furious because Atticus exposed him. Bob ewell was so furious that he attacked Jem and Scout while they were walking home. A man who is presumably Boo swoops in and saves them. Bob Ewell died in the encounter. The sheriff new Boo killed Ewell and Atticus thought Jem did, but eventually they decided that he must have fallen on his own knife because Boo did not need to be pulled into the the community eye. Boo disappears once again.
Analysis
A challenge that some humans face is racism. This is still prominent in our current world. This is visible through the immigration crisis, this year’s election, and the justice system around the United States. The character Tom faced this challenge. He lived in the town of Alabama, which was a very southern and racially tense state. He faced oppression and he was charged with a crime that he did not commit. Bob Ewell just couldn’t stand his daughter with a black man, so Tom was charged with rape. All of the evidence conflicted Bob and his daughter’s claims, yet Tom was still sent

Specifically the part where Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout. For the twist or change to the story, Jem dies instead of Bob Ewell. Here it is. I saw a man in the darkness. He was running at full speed and I heard Jem yell “Scout, run!!!!!” I tried to run, but I tripped and fell. I heard a scuffle going on behind me. Jem screamed loudly and then the large figure was thrown to the ground. The man who had save Jem and I carried Jem’s seemingly lifeless body. The attacker had ran away by now. We went all the way to our house. The lights outlined atticus. That was when I realized that there was a knife in the side of Jem’s body. Atticus yelled “someone call the doctor, my son is dying!” Aunt Alexandria said the doctor is on his way, but I think that Jem might not make it. I tremble in fear and cry and hope that Jem will live. Dr. Reynolds arrives and checks Jem’s pulse. He says “I’m so sorry, your son is dead.” Atticus smashes a bottle and yells “How could he do this to my son?!!” A few days pass, and the trial against Bob Ewell occurs. I wasn’t watching on the balcony this time, I was a witness. The judge says to Ewell “If I am not mistaken, you attacked these kids and in the process, Jem was killed” “Am i mistaken?” Ewell says “I didn’t mean no serious harm, plus how you know I did it?” The judge says “ You were the only one with motive and the descriptions fit you entirely.“ Time passed with more and more pushback from Bob