From both Atticus and Scout’s descriptions of the Cunninghams and Maycomb’s social hierarchy that they are a poor but proud family. Reasonable readers and Maycomb townsfolk, like the Finch’s, are able to see the Cunnighams as good people. The more one-sided and closed minded people, like Aunt Alexandra, are more focused and concerned with appearances and the so-to-speak “status quo” of Maycomb. They are only able to see the Cunninghams in the light of their lack of money and education and see them as nothing more than useless trash whereas the more open-minded people, like Atticus, value people for their inherent goodness rather than their color, finances, and
