To kill a mockingbird essay.

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To kill a mockingbird essay

To kill a mocking bird, a book written by Harper Lee in the 1960's. It was set in Maycomb a small town in southern USA during the 1930's. In the 1930's segregation existed in the southern states of the USA. Blacks and whites were not considered to be equal and were not allowed to share the same facilities. Blacks were no longer slaves, but were considered "inferior" by white people. They often worked as farmers or servants for white people who treated them badly. (Calpurnia was a servant for Atticus but she was treated with respect and like a white person).

Maycomb is a traditional town because all the residents know each other; they are related in one way or another and they only breed with "Maycomb folk", so they would not marry or have a child, with someone who has not grown up in Maycomb or is not thought to be suitable. Prejudice is a big issue in Maycomb county, many whites do not realise that they are being prejudice to others, e.g. when aunt Alexandra had a tea party with other women of Maycomb she was talking about helping the poor African people in Africa and how they had to work really hard in bad conditions and Calpurnia had made the cakes and tea that they were eating and drinking, they were contradicting themselves. Atticus however is very different to other people in Maycomb, he is not prejudice and treats others with the same respect he would like to be treated with. Atticus agrees to take on the case of Tom Robinson, even though he knows his children will be affected by it and he will go through some hard times before, during and after the case. He asks aunt Alexandra to come and stay with them to help him through this difficult time.
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" Atticus don't ever do anything to Jem and me in the house that he don't do in the yard" scout said this about Atticus, she means that Atticus would never do anything to her and Jem in the house, that he wouldn't do in the street for all the neighbours to see. This shows that Atticus wouldn't harm Scout and Jem in any way and that how much respect his children have for him.

In Maycomb County the same families have lived in the area for nearly two hundred years. Aunt Alexandra feels that certain ...

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