To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Community In The Real World

Carter Vanderwall

Amelia Boston

English 11

24 March 2023

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout experiences life in Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. She watches her father Atticus, defend a man who has been wrongfully accused of rape. Throughout the novel, the community comes together many times to do good. In the world, today the community is also doing good. The role of community from the novel is similar to the role of community in the real world.

To start, the community in the book is similar to the world because they come together during a crisis. For example, in the book the community helps miss Maudie when her house burns down. As scout watches Miss Maudie's house burn down “The men of Maycomb, … took furniture from Miss Maudie's house to a yard across the street” (Lee 78). What this means is the community helps each other when tragedy strikes. Equally in the real world, a firefighter saves a family from a house fire. This is similar to the book because the community helps when someone is in danger. However, Community is an important aspect of the book and the real world because it helps keep people safe. A slight

For instance, in the book the black community gives back to Atticus for being Tom Robinson's lawyer. Scout followed Atticus where “The kitchen table was loaded with enough food to bury the family: hunks of salt pork, tomatoes, beans, even scuppernongs” (Lee 244). What this means is the black community is thankful for Atticus’ attempt at Tom's trial. Similarly, an officer saves a choking baby. This officer shows gratitude by saving a baby. In contrast, the gratitude in these instances is slightly different. The black community gives back by giving food. The cop saves a child from dying. Thus the community in the book is similar to the world because communities show