Harper Lee was a white women who grew up in the South during the Great Depression. Growing up in the South exposed Lee tp large amounts of racism. Her father was a lawyer and verbally spoke against the Scottsboro Boys Trial. In the Scottsboro Boys Trial 9 colored boys were accused of raping 2 young white girls. Even with no evidence showing that the boys are guilty, they were found guilty. Some people believe that Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird is about her childhood. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird she uses the symbolic significance of Snow, Snowman, and White Camellias to prove that racism existed in the South during the 1930’s.
To begin, Harper Lee uses the symbol Snow to prove racism existed in the South during the 1930’s. Scout, Jem, and Atticus, they’re father, live in the small town of Maycomb County, Alabama. During the winter it normally never snows, but this year it did. The white snow covered the whole town, showing the town covered in the white ideals, white personalities, and white people. Scout narrates, “‘The world’s ending, Atticus! Please do something-!’ I dragged him to the window and pointed. …show more content…
This quote is showing that the children do not realize the whitewashing in their town until it has been put in front of them. Scout did not recognize the Snow just like the children do not recognize the racism and whitewashing. Later that day Atticus got a call from Eula May, the town’s telephone operator, that school was canceled. Atticus says, “I quote- ‘As it has not snowed in Maycomb County since 1885, there will be no school today’” (Lee 86). This quote is saying that the white people or snow cover of the town intro everything especially the youth of society and the school. The snow is representing the cold, white, people that control
To begin, Harper Lee uses the symbol Snow to prove racism existed in the South during the 1930’s. Scout, Jem, and Atticus, they’re father, live in the small town of Maycomb County, Alabama. During the winter it normally never snows, but this year it did. The white snow covered the whole town, showing the town covered in the white ideals, white personalities, and white people. Scout narrates, “‘The world’s ending, Atticus! Please do something-!’ I dragged him to the window and pointed. …show more content…
This quote is showing that the children do not realize the whitewashing in their town until it has been put in front of them. Scout did not recognize the Snow just like the children do not recognize the racism and whitewashing. Later that day Atticus got a call from Eula May, the town’s telephone operator, that school was canceled. Atticus says, “I quote- ‘As it has not snowed in Maycomb County since 1885, there will be no school today’” (Lee 86). This quote is saying that the white people or snow cover of the town intro everything especially the youth of society and the school. The snow is representing the cold, white, people that control