The Great Depression :: American History, Maycomb

It is a foggy window located in the soul through gained experiences that sees prejudice. It does non only influence and revolute sight, rather affects thought and actions. Everyone is given the opportunity to scent out the window, but not all can see beyond the fogginess. The fog may be a mixture of race, gender, beliefs or behaviours. The major themes in Harper Lees To Kill a mockingbird relates back to presumptions and biases the rich rejecting the poor because of their economic level of life in the Great Depression, discolors discriminating against blacks, and people gossiping innocents which result a run-down set in motionation and an unpleasing relation among the Maycombs society causing undeveloped individuals to live in an unsafe environment. The Great Depression caused the poor to give way poorer while the rich were not affected as much. Some of the rich, much(prenominal) as auntie Alexandra, misunderstood people because of their economic life. Her different dem onstrate of view is clearly displayed when she rejects Walter Cunningham, a poor boy, saying, ...theyre good folks. But theyre not our kind of folks (Lee 224). Aunt Alexandra, believing that the Cunninghams are beneath the Finches economic level, ignores Scouts aspect of friendship toward Walter disliking him because-he-is- starter (Lee 224). She is regardless of the Cunninghams hard forge to pay back Atticus in the only way they could (Lee 21). Aunt Alexandra results negatively on Walter making him dislike of being a Cunningham, on Scout by decreasing from her relations with her classmates and friends, and on Maycomb by develop an unsafe society for country folks to leave because they have to make with unnecessary factors like money to avoid the rich prejudices. Maycomb is known guilty for its racist atmosphere where blacks are lower than the whites. However, not all of the white community discriminated black. For example, Atticus stands up for Tom Robinson regardless of Mrs. Duboses poisonous words saying Atticus is no better than the n*ggers and trash he works for (Lee 102) It is obvious that Atticus is one of the most accredited and honourable citizens of Maycomb. Mrs. Duboses evaluation on Atticus results negatively on other neighbours and clearly hurts Calpurnias feelings. An example of this racial prejudice is found Scouts words saying that Tom is just a total darkness (Lee 199). Scouts words are evidences to the unsafe society for kids to develop. some other example is found while Aunt Alexandra is convincing Atticus to give the sack Calpurnia, although Atticus tells her that Calpurnias not leaving this house until she wants to (Lee 137).