To Kill A Mockingbird: Class Stucture Of Maycomb County
Beginning of paper
The rigid class structure and social stratification of Maycomb
County had a profound effect on the events in the novel To Kill a
Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The impact of this class structure was
especially evident in the trial of Tom Robins on, a Maycomb Negro. The
extreme prejudice of the town ....
Middle of paper
.... The second class in Maycomb County included the blue collar , white
workers, primarily farmers who struggled to make ends meet. The
Cunninghams, Dolphus Raymond, and the mysterious Radley family represented
this group. The third class of Ma ycomb County were the " white trash".
The Ewells, who lived at the dump, and relied on welfare for survival, were
members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between
the second and third class was not a financial one. ....
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