To Kill a Mockingbird discussed a large variety of different values one could learn whilst reading the touching story of a family living during the Great Depression and battling the racism from the residents of Maycomb County, Alabama. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee goes in depth on the social values of respect, sexism, and racial discrimination to show the historical context transpiring during that time period. Harper Lee goes in depth on the social value of respect in To Kill a Mockingbird. According to Scout, “‘Hey, Mrs. Dubose,’ I would receive for an answer, ‘Don’t you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose’” (Lee 99). Mrs. Dubose finds that the youth should respect their elders, therefore say a formal phrase
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Jem states, “‘Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!’” (Lee 52). Jem is insulting Scout by saying she is acting like a girl as if acting like a girl was a bad trait to have. What Jem is saying is that the task at hand can only be handled by those not acting like “girls.” The text also states, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants” (Lee 81). Aunt Alexandra finds that Scout should be wearing more ladylike clothing, such as dresses, so she can be more like a proper Southern Belle. Scout wants to be able to wear pants but is being contradicted by Aunt Alexandra’s morals, where females should be acting like a lady and not doing the acts men do. Unfortunately for women, during this given time period females were expected less of, despite the qualities they may possess. A majority of individuals believed men were more qualified in certain
Jem states, “‘Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!’” (Lee 52). Jem is insulting Scout by saying she is acting like a girl as if acting like a girl was a bad trait to have. What Jem is saying is that the task at hand can only be handled by those not acting like “girls.” The text also states, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants” (Lee 81). Aunt Alexandra finds that Scout should be wearing more ladylike clothing, such as dresses, so she can be more like a proper Southern Belle. Scout wants to be able to wear pants but is being contradicted by Aunt Alexandra’s morals, where females should be acting like a lady and not doing the acts men do. Unfortunately for women, during this given time period females were expected less of, despite the qualities they may possess. A majority of individuals believed men were more qualified in certain