To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

Ava Olson

Advanced English 9

5/16/2023

Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status...Ewells lived like guests of the county... No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could from... Diseases" (lee 170). This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird is talking about a group of people that were lower class and how they get treated differently. This quote does a good job showing the amount of inequalities and differences there are between the people of Maycomb and how it furthers the plot of the book while staying culturally relevant to society now. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a renowned piece of classic literature that has been

The plot of To Kill A Mockingbird is strongly based on racism. There are many different spots that represent that theme, but the one quote that best supports racism as a relevant theme is when Atticus explains, “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life. […] “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box” (Lee 251-252 ). This shows that no matter the reason, the court system will always want to support a white man more than a black man. Everyone knew how biased and prejudiced the jury was because they were all white, and Tom was black and Bob was white; they were too set in their ways to make a change in their beliefs. This example of racism in To Kill A Mockingbird can also be compared to the case of Emmett Till. Emmett was a 14 year old African American boy that was kidnapped and brutally murdered. During the trial there were no women or African American people serving on the jury. In the article it states “Because blacks and women were barred from serving jury duty, Bryant and Milam were tried before an all white and all male

Many characters throughout the novel were characterized as lower class, this greatly affected how they were preserved by their fellow neighbors in Maycomb. It was especially bad because of the economic state. Based on someone's social status they would get certain perks, like the Ewells. The Ewells were allowed to get away with things that normally were illegal like hunting and trapping out of season because of how low status they were, nobody cared enough about them to do anything. This is shown when Atticus is telling Scout about the common folk “You, Miss Scout Finch, are of the common folk. You must obey the law.’ He said that the Ewells were members of an exclusive society made up of Ewells. In certain circumstances the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells’ activities. They didn’t have to go to school, for one thing. Another thing, Mr. Bob Ewell, Burris’s father, was permitted to hunt and trap out of season” (lee 34). This shows how social class could change how a person could act and what opportunities they were allowed to have. Having less opportunities based on social class is culturally relevant to society now, according to crash course “Children who grow up working class or low-income are much less likely to attend college.” and “ The job you can