Harper lee demonstrates her view of 1930s alabama through three main points: gender, race and education, when exploring each individual point lee uses characters with 2 dimensional personalities (the exceptions being Scout, Mayella Ewell, Aunt Alexandra and The Cunninghams), lee's characters fit into one archetype from each of the following character archetype pairs (black/white, rich/poor, kind/nasty, educated/illiterate), at each the introduction of a character lee establish's them as either a"good guy" or a "bad guy".
When exploring race, Lee uses characters who share traits such as being educated, kind, illiterate or mean but differ in their race. This helps Lee demonstrate how being black classed someone as the lowest kind of folk on
When exploring race, Lee uses characters who share traits such as being educated, kind, illiterate or mean but differ in their race. This helps Lee demonstrate how being black classed someone as the lowest kind of folk on