If someone asks about the existence of social hierarchy, most of the people would answer that they think that social hierarchy exists. In one’s workplace, in one’s town, in one’s house, in one’s church, even in one’s school, the hierarchy exists. There are helpful social hierarchies which help people to be organized, but there are also hierarchies that aggravate segregation, conflict, and quarrel. To kill a mockingbird deals with the hierarchy that existed at that time. The book was published in 1960, and the author, Harper Lee, received Pulitzer prize a year after. It has significant meaning because the racial discrimination was a controversial problem at that time. 5 Years before To Kill a Mockingbird was published, Losa Park incited Montgomery
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The hierarchy is also shown through young Scout’s view. Largely, people are evaluated and separated into five different levels. The top of the hierarchy is always the place for Mr. Finch. Ordinary white people lie right below Mr. Finch and Cunninghams were below them. Ewells were treated almost the same as black people but they were proud of themselves by being white. Black people were even below Ewells and there was a unbreakable line between Ewells and black people. To white people, black people were just liars, negroes, or people who always need white people’s help. However, Tom Robinson’s trial became the first step to break the unbreakable line. Social hierarchy that existed in people’s mind was gradually breaking …show more content…
To repeat my thesis statement, social hierarchy has existed everywhere, and everywhen although the form of the hierarchy is different depend on the historical background and the situation. If so, what would be a good example of social hierarchy that exists nowadays? It could be the outward appearance, how smart you are, or how famous and good you are in the field that you are working in. However, most of people would answer that they are being socially classified with their money. Money seems like it can make every wish come true in this world. However, social hierarchy only makes other mockingbirds as Boo Radley and black people. To make the fair and equal world, we should not build up vertical relationship like social hierarchy, but we should try to help everyone located in the same level. There should be no more mockingbirds who get left behind or be
The hierarchy is also shown through young Scout’s view. Largely, people are evaluated and separated into five different levels. The top of the hierarchy is always the place for Mr. Finch. Ordinary white people lie right below Mr. Finch and Cunninghams were below them. Ewells were treated almost the same as black people but they were proud of themselves by being white. Black people were even below Ewells and there was a unbreakable line between Ewells and black people. To white people, black people were just liars, negroes, or people who always need white people’s help. However, Tom Robinson’s trial became the first step to break the unbreakable line. Social hierarchy that existed in people’s mind was gradually breaking …show more content…
To repeat my thesis statement, social hierarchy has existed everywhere, and everywhen although the form of the hierarchy is different depend on the historical background and the situation. If so, what would be a good example of social hierarchy that exists nowadays? It could be the outward appearance, how smart you are, or how famous and good you are in the field that you are working in. However, most of people would answer that they are being socially classified with their money. Money seems like it can make every wish come true in this world. However, social hierarchy only makes other mockingbirds as Boo Radley and black people. To make the fair and equal world, we should not build up vertical relationship like social hierarchy, but we should try to help everyone located in the same level. There should be no more mockingbirds who get left behind or be