To Kill a Mocking Bird is narrated retrospectively from the view of Scout, the daughter of Atticus Finch a lawyer of Maycomb, and younger sister of Jem. The informal vocabulary of the narration is still good enough to suggest it is spoken from the view of an adult Scout, (looking back at her childhood) but is casual enough to be understood by most readers.

Maycomb's racist attitude in To Kill a Mocking Bird is fueled by the events which occurred soon after World War I. After a devastating stock market crash, many employers lost a substantial amount of money and therefore could hardly afford to hire staff. Many resorted to buying slaves; it was cheap and required little responsibility on their part. This event led to the employme

Other subplots which feature in Harper Lee's novel are those such as the inclusion of the supposed alcoholic, Dolphus Raymond is a perfect example of the existence of racism in Maycomb. "As Mr. Dolphus was an evil man, I accepted his invitation reluctantly" states Scout as she approaches the man. Scout's statement makes obvious the initial misconceptions many people have regarding Negroes, since Harper Lee does not in any way suggest to the reader that Dolphus Raymond is an angry or violent person. Chapter 20 establishes that Dolphus' reasoning for appearing to be an alcoholic is so that he may himself escape the judgement of the town. He explains to Scout and Jem that he sips at his Coca-Cola so that the town will associate a reason with the man's unaccepted lifestyle. In reply to Jem's following statement of "That ain't honest, Mr. Raymond", Dolphus Raymond replies with, "It ain't honest but it's mighty helpful to the folks" and continues with, "they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live." Dolphus Raymond does well to make the point that his escape from the intolerance and ignorance of Maycomb is achieved by making himself appear to be under the clutches of alcohol.

To Kill a Mocking Bird expresses the racist attitudes of Maycomb most dominantly in the court case involving Tom Robinson (who's lawyer is Atticus Finch) and Mayella Eule. The trial makes blatantly obvious to the reader that T

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Approximate Word count = 978
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)