What Is Wrong With Society In To Kill A Mockingbird

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Harper Lee). Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book that is enjoyed by many people. The book was published in 1960 but is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Lee shows many different ways of what was wrong with society during that time. Some excellent examples of this are discrimination, bravery, and family. Lee introduces discrimination into the story by showing the different social structures of the people in Maycomb. For instance, even though the Robison’s, and other black families, are more courteous than the Ewells, they are put below them on the social scale because of the fact that they aren’t white; the only people that are put below blacks are mixed people because they are unwanted. When it came to the trial, it was the word of a white man against the word of a black. As a result, Tom was still convicted, even though he was telling the truth and the evidence showed it wasn’t him, because Mr. Ewell was a white man. Bravery is incorporated into the

Lee shows this with the Finch’s. It is clear how much Atticus cares for and loves his children. Even though Jem and Scout don’t refer to him as dad or something similar, they don’t lose respect of him. Another thing is that they reach out and include others in their family. Cal, for example, is seen as a part of the family by all of them, along with Miss Maudie. Later on in the story, even Boo is included in their little family circle as one of them. As shown above, Lee shows excellent examples of discrimination, bravery, and family in To Kill a Mockingbird. Set in the south, this book shows the hard times people lived through in the 1930’s. Lee talks about what was wrong with society during these times. To Kill a Mockingbird is loved by many and will continue to be read and loved in years to