To Kill A Mockingbird Social Class

Google describes social class as a division of a society based on social and economic status. “There’s four kinds of folks 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.” (302) According to Jem, social class in Maycomb is split into four different categories: the ordinary middle class, the poor, the outcasts, and the blacks. Although some cannot fit into these categories, most can. For example, Miss Maudie Atkinson fits into the category of the ordinary middle class. Dolphus Raymond is one of the few people in Maycomb who does not fit into these four categories. Throughout the book Miss Caroline, the Ewells, and the Cunninghams display different degrees of social class. …show more content…
She brings the realization that there is an outside world advancing and bringing new ideas to education. “We don't write in the first grade, we print. You won't learn to write until you're in the third grade" (26) Utterly disturbed by the thought that Scout knew how to write things on the third grade level, Miss Caroline often scolded Scout. Also, Miss Caroline did not realize certain differences in the social classes of Maycomb, like when she tried to give Walter Cunningham Jr. money for lunch. Because she tries to bring so any new concepts to education in Maycomb, Miss Caroline has much trouble fitting