A 1936 poll in Fortune magazine asked, "Do you believe that married women should have a full time job outside the home?" Only 15 percent of the respondents approved, while 48 percent disapproved, with the remaining 37 percent giving it conditional approval. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird Scout, a young girl recounts the events of her childhood years in Maycomb County, Alabama. During Scout’s childhood years her father Atticus, defends the black man Tom Robinson, who is accused of rape by Mr. Ewell. Racism dominates the case and even though Atticus presented obvious evidence that proved Tom was not guilty, the hatred of the jury sentences Tom to death. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, typical gender roles are discouraged as shown by the main character Scout, an intelligent, tomboyish girl. Scout goes against the expected gender roles of women because she acts like a man and also is very intelligent, independent thinker.
Scout even though she is a girl, likes to do things that are typical of boys. Scout likes to get into fights, wear overalls, and swear. Scout has to fight the urge to not use her fists in fights and not to swear at all, two things that women are not supposed to partake in what so ever. “My fists were clenched and I was ready to let fly… You like words like damn and hell now, don’t you? I said I reckon so. Well I don’t not unless there is an extreme provocation connected with ‘em… You want to grow up to be a …show more content…
Throughout the book gender roles are displayed. Gender roles are how society expects a man or a woman to act and dress. Harper Lee wants to show in her novel that gender roles do not define a person. Scout is perfectly happy being more masculine than feminine. Harper Lee wants others to know that they don’t have to follow the roles society sets for them and that they can choose their own path to
Scout even though she is a girl, likes to do things that are typical of boys. Scout likes to get into fights, wear overalls, and swear. Scout has to fight the urge to not use her fists in fights and not to swear at all, two things that women are not supposed to partake in what so ever. “My fists were clenched and I was ready to let fly… You like words like damn and hell now, don’t you? I said I reckon so. Well I don’t not unless there is an extreme provocation connected with ‘em… You want to grow up to be a …show more content…
Throughout the book gender roles are displayed. Gender roles are how society expects a man or a woman to act and dress. Harper Lee wants to show in her novel that gender roles do not define a person. Scout is perfectly happy being more masculine than feminine. Harper Lee wants others to know that they don’t have to follow the roles society sets for them and that they can choose their own path to