To Kill A Mocking Bird, written by Harper Lee, continuos to be a valued novel by readers as it explores the challenges of inequality in our world. Although written 54 years ago, the novel resonates with the audience today, as they would recognise inequality, gender and racism, as they are still three major issues faced by many individuals in our communities within the 21st century.
Inequality is faced in our everyday life, there will never be a ‘stop’ to inequality, as it covers a range of factors in our society. As explored early within the novel, we are clearly introduced to the different social statuses and the social inequality that are occurring in the small town where the novel is set Maycomb. An example of social inequality from the novel are the Cunninghams. Particularly, Walter Cunningham. Scout befriends Walter and asks Aunt Alexandra if he …show more content…
Aunt Alexandra disapproves of this idea, and says ”Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mind that they’re Cunninghams not good folks. But they’re not our kinds of folks” (pg 224). This shows that Aunt Alexandra doesn’t believe that Scout should be interacting with Cunninghams, mainly because they do not fall on the same social level as Scout and her family. She later states that the Cunninghams are trash. Exploring that they are a waste. This is evident in our morden society through class, many people judge people from where they live similarly to the way Aunt Alexandra did. The Finches, on the other hand, are on the upper end of Maycomb’s “social ladder”. An example for their inequality is, when Scout asks Atticus if they are poor,” Are we poor, Atticus? Atticus nodded. “We are indeed….”Are we as poor as the Cunninghams?” “Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks…”(pg 21). This establishes that both families are on extremely different social levels. This clearly explores the social
Inequality is faced in our everyday life, there will never be a ‘stop’ to inequality, as it covers a range of factors in our society. As explored early within the novel, we are clearly introduced to the different social statuses and the social inequality that are occurring in the small town where the novel is set Maycomb. An example of social inequality from the novel are the Cunninghams. Particularly, Walter Cunningham. Scout befriends Walter and asks Aunt Alexandra if he …show more content…
Aunt Alexandra disapproves of this idea, and says ”Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mind that they’re Cunninghams not good folks. But they’re not our kinds of folks” (pg 224). This shows that Aunt Alexandra doesn’t believe that Scout should be interacting with Cunninghams, mainly because they do not fall on the same social level as Scout and her family. She later states that the Cunninghams are trash. Exploring that they are a waste. This is evident in our morden society through class, many people judge people from where they live similarly to the way Aunt Alexandra did. The Finches, on the other hand, are on the upper end of Maycomb’s “social ladder”. An example for their inequality is, when Scout asks Atticus if they are poor,” Are we poor, Atticus? Atticus nodded. “We are indeed….”Are we as poor as the Cunninghams?” “Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks…”(pg 21). This establishes that both families are on extremely different social levels. This clearly explores the social