O Brother Art Thou Analysis

The culture and society of the American South can be categorized into a variety of groups from stereotypes by outsiders, to the influence of politicians, and from the music that originated in the South. To help depict the American South, we can use literature and films that we have watched in class, such as; Mandingo, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Color Purple, Gods Little Acre, Tomorrow, Jezebel, The Littlest Rebel and with the special focus on O Brother Where Art Thou. This film will help capture and reflect southern culture to those not accustomed to the ways of southern society. People who live in the southern parts of the United States, ranging from Virginia to Mississippi, are often grouped together into a …show more content…
Society in the South often gained their political views from those around them. Southern Culture has always been more socially conservative from the rest of America. In O Brother Art Thou, it shows the South’s strong sense of conservatism. As mentioned before, the movie takes place during the Depression. In the movie there are two characters; incumbent Governor Pappy O’Daniel and a reform candidate Homer Stokes. O Brother Where Art Thou, painted the picture of politicians in the South as negative, which is true. Many politicians in the South had racist views and that was evident with Homer Stokes. Stokes is caught by Everett, Delmar and Pete at a Klan rally in which they planned to hang Tommy. Pappy O’Daniel was not any better because he only changed his views about the Soggy Bottom Boys being integrated after he saw the public’s widespread support of the band. Pappy is going to capitalize on the hate spewed by Homer just to gain political ground. Politics is also shown in a negative light in To Kill a Mockingbird, in the film and book. Atticus Finch was defending Tom Robinson, who is African American, and most of the entire town turned on