Task 1: To Kill a MockingBird
In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, while growing up in Maycomb County young Scout begins to realize and see the social structure of the town. At the beginning of the novel, Scout believes she knows where she stands in Maycomb’s hierarchy. Jem,her brother describes the social status of Maycomb county; “There’s four kinds of people in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes,’” (Lee, 258). While Jem has a basic understanding, the whole concept is slightly more complex. Based on what Aunt Alexandra says Scout belives that a great family consists of owning the same plot …show more content…
It seems as though Scout uses the social hierarchy as a guideline for the way she grew opinions on people. Towards the beginning of the book she follows the social system on accounts of occupation and wealth. When Scout was in school and saw little Walter Cunningham who to her was another poor improper child and refers to him as, “..just a Cunningham,’”(Lee 27). Jem invited him over to have dinner one day and Walter began pouring syrup all over his dish as stated, “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing” (Lee 24). Scout immediately thought low of Walter and scolded him without think about Walter and how he did not know any better. But as the novel progressed Scouts opinion on the social society changed. She no longer judged everyone by their wealth or what their father does but she judged them based on their actions and their personality. When the Cunninghams stood up for her father during the trial when she realized that even though they may not be the richest they are still great people who would stand up for a
In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, while growing up in Maycomb County young Scout begins to realize and see the social structure of the town. At the beginning of the novel, Scout believes she knows where she stands in Maycomb’s hierarchy. Jem,her brother describes the social status of Maycomb county; “There’s four kinds of people in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes,’” (Lee, 258). While Jem has a basic understanding, the whole concept is slightly more complex. Based on what Aunt Alexandra says Scout belives that a great family consists of owning the same plot …show more content…
It seems as though Scout uses the social hierarchy as a guideline for the way she grew opinions on people. Towards the beginning of the book she follows the social system on accounts of occupation and wealth. When Scout was in school and saw little Walter Cunningham who to her was another poor improper child and refers to him as, “..just a Cunningham,’”(Lee 27). Jem invited him over to have dinner one day and Walter began pouring syrup all over his dish as stated, “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing” (Lee 24). Scout immediately thought low of Walter and scolded him without think about Walter and how he did not know any better. But as the novel progressed Scouts opinion on the social society changed. She no longer judged everyone by their wealth or what their father does but she judged them based on their actions and their personality. When the Cunninghams stood up for her father during the trial when she realized that even though they may not be the richest they are still great people who would stand up for a