To Kill a Mockingbird
Hadar Mustafa
Jun29, 2015
Summary:
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written in the late 1950’s, and set during the great depression, in Maycomb. The story mainly revolves around the Finch family, that include Scout, Jem and their father, Atticus, who is a lawyer and as a single parent tries to raise his children with all respect to their individualism. As the novel proceeds, certain characters are connected with the three top characters to form a dramatic story of attitudes, events, prejudices and values.
The novel is set in the quiet town of Maycomb, but the peacefulness is only superficial. There are three communities in this town; the black community, the white folk, and the white trash. Seemingly …show more content…
Obviously, on the witness stand, Bob refers to Tom Robinson as "that black nigger yonder", and calls Atticus a "nigger-loving bastard" after spitting in his face. Lula viewing that Negroes can be racists, too, Lula attempts to prevent Cal from "bringing white chillun to nigger church." For instance the several times Scout was told her father defended niggers and was a nigger lover, for example, when Francis states, "I guess it is not your fault if Uncle Atticus is nigger lover"(83). In the main section of the courtroom only white people can sit; blacks must sit in the balcony. People in the town are happy with the “guilty” verdict, trusting it will retain the Negro community in its place. “….that night Miss Gates was speaking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say it is time somebody taught ‘em a lesson; they were getting way above themselves, a’ the next thing they think they can do is marry us.” (p. 272) Black people live in the lowest class level of Maycomb society as Maycomb 's white people of every class waste no time strengthening their rigid class rules. In the jury, Tom Robenson’s is found guilty because of the jury 's preordained belief to never receive the word of a black man over the word of a white
Hadar Mustafa
Jun29, 2015
Summary:
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was written in the late 1950’s, and set during the great depression, in Maycomb. The story mainly revolves around the Finch family, that include Scout, Jem and their father, Atticus, who is a lawyer and as a single parent tries to raise his children with all respect to their individualism. As the novel proceeds, certain characters are connected with the three top characters to form a dramatic story of attitudes, events, prejudices and values.
The novel is set in the quiet town of Maycomb, but the peacefulness is only superficial. There are three communities in this town; the black community, the white folk, and the white trash. Seemingly …show more content…
Obviously, on the witness stand, Bob refers to Tom Robinson as "that black nigger yonder", and calls Atticus a "nigger-loving bastard" after spitting in his face. Lula viewing that Negroes can be racists, too, Lula attempts to prevent Cal from "bringing white chillun to nigger church." For instance the several times Scout was told her father defended niggers and was a nigger lover, for example, when Francis states, "I guess it is not your fault if Uncle Atticus is nigger lover"(83). In the main section of the courtroom only white people can sit; blacks must sit in the balcony. People in the town are happy with the “guilty” verdict, trusting it will retain the Negro community in its place. “….that night Miss Gates was speaking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say it is time somebody taught ‘em a lesson; they were getting way above themselves, a’ the next thing they think they can do is marry us.” (p. 272) Black people live in the lowest class level of Maycomb society as Maycomb 's white people of every class waste no time strengthening their rigid class rules. In the jury, Tom Robenson’s is found guilty because of the jury 's preordained belief to never receive the word of a black man over the word of a white