To Kill A Mockingbird Character Analysis

In to kill a Mockingbird there are bizarre types of families in the town of Maycomb. Their are the Finches, Cunningham's, Ewells, and then there is the Black community. Atticus and his family lived on the main street in Maycomb. The finch house has steps leading up to a wooden porch with a swing. Atticus and his family have a Black maid and cook named Calpurnia. Their cook and maid does not live with them because she is Black. Atticus would sometimes give Calpurnia a ride home and she would have to sit in the back of the car because she is not supposed to be equal to a White man. Jem and Scout are brother and sister and their father is Atticus. Jem and Scout have rooms that abut through a hallway, and their aunt Alexandra lives in the guest room.
The Cunninghams are extraordinarily hard working, but they fall into the category of the poor in the town of maycomb. The Cunninghams are hard working farmers that get hit brutally hard by the Great Depression. Although they are hit hard by the Great Depression they are a proud family and will not take anything they cannot afford to pay back. This shows when Walter Cunningham, who is one of Scout's fellow classmates, refuses to take money from Miss Caroline to pay for his lunch. Atticus is a lawyer and has …show more content…
The jury had been accusing Blacks of crimes they did not commit. Blacks were not treated fairly when it came to the jury and society. Most Blacks were hung or sent to death row for being wrongfully accused of rape. Even though the jury knows that they are not guilty, they still punish and accuse them because if they did not they would upset and disrupt the social fabric of the community. With Atticus defending a Black man, he knows that he will most likely lose. He is worried because Scout keeps on getting into fights with other girls and boys at her school, and Atticus does not want Scout fighting anyone