What Is The Ewell's Hierarchy In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the book of To Kill A Mockingbird The setting is in the 1930’s about 20 years before blacks were given their rights as American citizens. This meant that Segregation towards blacks was still around and the economy was crashing(It was hard to distribute money back and forth) so many people were poor and there were many people unemployed. Even still in the eyes of the people of Maycomb County there was still a sense of hierarchy. ‘“You know something, Scout? I’ve got it all figured out, now. I’ve thought about it a lot lately and I’ve got it figured out. There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.”’(230). This is the book’s hierarchy chart. And according to Aunt Alexandra’s consistent use of the word “Trash” (Often referring to those lower

Ewell and everyone else that the ewell's testimony was a bunch of lies to cover up for Mayella’s wrongdoing. After her testimony Atticus explain how there is racism within the county and all through the country. “‘You gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption—the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.”’(209) Atticus is basically saying those who accuse Negroes or any people with these assumptions are basically weak minded people and are no better than the people they are accusing. “‘You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women—black or white.”’(210) Even with this speech, even with all the people in that courtroom knowing full well that Atticus’s words were true down to the letter, They also realized there was no chance in hell that Tom would be let