Jessica :: English Literature

JessicaJessica Our Gr sapest Evil TKAMB Prejudice is just one of the many forms of evil name in the novel ToKill A mockingbird by Harper Lee. Prejudice is found everywhere, inthe workplace, on the street, at school, everywhere. The novel takesplace in a small town called Maycomb. The town is safe of citizens wholove to gossip and people who discriminate against others. Thediscrimination is not only against those of colour, but those of lowerlass as well. They are most commonly found during the trial of TomRobinson. Harper Lee presents prejudice as an extensive problem, mostcommonly in the form of social class, race, and behavior prejudice.A persona of prejudice found in the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird would besocial class. For example, the Ewell family is considered whitetrash. Mr. Ewell is someone who will never change his ways, (31)and will always be considered this way because of several reasons. Mr.Bob Ewell is a part of this WPA organization, a type of welfareprogram. Becau se he is the very first base person to be kicked out of thisprogram because of his laziness, it shows how much of a lower class hereally is, and he is constantly bothered because of this. His several innumerate children never went to a full year of school, and workedlong and hard on the farm. Another example would be the Cunninghamfamily. The Cunningham family never took anything they cant pay plunk for (20) And when they couldnt pay back in money, they paid theirdebt back in anyway possible, whether it is labor, or nuts. Theyounger Cunningham, Walter, came for lunch at the Finchs, and Scoutbugged him more or less his unnatural usage of syrup when both Atticus andCalpurnia stopped her. Calpurnia made the comment Theres some folkwho dont eat standardized up (24) The lack of availability of syrup causedhim to pour syrup on food such as potatoes and meat. The Cunninghamfamily is well known throughout the though of Maycomb, though theyarent highly though of. Along with the Ewells and the Cunninghams,Aunt Alexandra can also be used to explain social class prejudice inTo Kill A Mockingbird. She feels that not only is she above everyone,because everyone in Maycomb, it seemed, had a streak a Drinking mottle, a Gambling Streak, a Mean Streak,(129) but Alexandra alsofeels that that is a better mother influence than Calpurnia, simplybecause she is white. This is proved throughout the novel beginning atchapter 13. She continually imposes Scout with rules and etiquette forbehaving like a proper lady, because when she grows up, shes not