To What Extent Did Mr Walter Cunningham To Kill A Mockingbird

The social setting in Maycomb County has a profound effect on the expectations in the novel. Initially, all individuals of Maycomb know about each other’s background and upbringing for

“He is one of the Ewell’s, ma’am,” a child told me. This explanation was the second of its kind I had received that day. I hadn’t been in Maycomb for long and I didn’t know the ethics of a small town. I listened on to see what the child had to say. Education doesn’t appear to be one of the Ewell family’s principles. It seemed that the children attend the school for the first day of each school year just to satisfy the law.

Describe events prior to the scene at the Maycomb jail that show the tension and unrest of the town. Be specific.

The Ewells and the Cunninghams in To Kill a Mockingbird are utterly different families in the way they act, their hygiene and the way they are labeled by the town of Maycomb. The first way the families differ is in the way they act. The Ewells have little respect for others and don’t let anyone tell them what to do. For example, Miss Caroline politely asked Burris to sit back down but in an impolite time he responded, “You try and make me, missus” (27). However, the cunninghams are very respectful and they makes sure if they do something they can’t pay back in money they pay it back in other goods. Hygiene is a problem for both families, but one is more severe than the other. When scout looks up she can see that Miss Caroline is scared of what’s

In the town of Maycomb, hereditary relations play a large part in one’s reputation, meaning that the social status of your family instantly becomes your own. The character of Mayella Ewell

Chapter 1 introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence or a paragraph which illustrates each of the following attitudes/ideas. Quote at least a portion of the sentence or paragraph and give the page number.

Jurgis and his family soon adjust to their new lives, as well as to the work presented to them at Durham’s. After lodging with friends and fellow immigrants for some time, they decide to purchase their own house in Packingtown, a village comprised mostly of the innumerable workers employed at Durham’s. Unbeknownst to Jurgis and his family, however, working at Durham’s would prove to be a turbulent and eye-opening experience, regardless of the fact that Durham’s was an essential catalyst for their new life in America.

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the

The author states, “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump…” (Lee 17). This quote explains how Mayella doesn’t have power in regards to her class because of her and her family live behind the towns dump. The text states, “He thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was… okay we’ll convict this Negro, but get back to your dump” (Lee 18).

The setting sounds very slow/stagnant. Not much is going on - I predict this exposition correlates to the Maycomb community’s ideology and behavior

The main character, Sarty, is the son of a poor, migrant, sharecropper named Abner Snopes. Being a sharecropper, Abner has to to divvy up half to two-thirds of the harvest he reaps with the landowner, in return for a roof over his family's heads, food, water, use of the land, etc.. During the late 1800's, one could only imagine how difficult it must have been to lift oneself out of poverty; and for the Snopes, there was presumably no hope for advancement from the start. Abner knew what their future will hold – hard work and mere survival – yet he continued to let his bitterness and anger get the better of him by burning down the barns of those socially and economically above him. Sarty naively perceives his father as no more “than a buzzing wasp: capable of stinging for a little

As at the time racism was very common Mr.Cunningham, although normally a very kind person, chose to act violently, which shows how when a person is put into a certain, violent situation, then they may act extremely differently than they normally

The prejudice in Tom’s trial is also visible by the segregated seating arrangements of the whites and the blacks in the courthouse. The portrayed segregation not only takes place at the Maycomb court of law but had appeared through out the novel in all aspects of Maycomb life. This segregation is illustrated by Harper Lee through imagery and is strengthened through the realist aspect of the novel. The author shows prejudice through this segregation by revealing the two contrasting places where the ‘white and blacks’ lived and even where they went to separate churches. The author paints a vivid picture of the blacks living in a ghetto

The first novel, John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, takes place in a small and derelict town inhabited by bad-mannered drunks and outcasts, who are constantly judged for their outward appearances. However, underneath their shabby reputations are

Maycomb represents a typical old southern town. Not many people move into Maycomb and not many people who live there journey beyond its boundaries. As a result, the opinions held by many of the citizens of Maycomb are left to grow and foster in the same families for many generations. The circumstances in Maycomb are less than ideal for generating change and more prone to sustaining traditionally accepted codes. Two codes embedded within southern social beliefs are class and race.