To Kill A Mocking Bird
At the time in which To Kill A Mockingbird is set, the whole world and especially America, was suffering from the Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 had left the richest of people broke- and the poorest of people with even less than they had before. Throughout the whole book poverty is one of the most dominant themes.In To Kill A Mockingbird, people like the Cunninghams were said to be worse off. Atticus had said that the crash had hit the country folk hardest. The only way Walter Cunningham or anyone in the same situation as him could pay something back was by entailments. He paid Atticus with things such as bags of hickory nuts, stovewood, turnip greens, smilax and holly. That was the only way he could cover his debts because he had no money. As the Cunninghams had no money to pay for a lawyer, they simply paid with what they had. Entailments were only part of Walter Cunningham's vexations. The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest. Even though he was
so poor, he still had his pride. 'Mr Cunningham, said Atticus, came from a set breed of men'. It was possible for Mr Cunningham to get a WPA job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased. The privilege to vote wa! The status of the Finch family was that they were common folk. They were poor but to a lesser extent. Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers. Entailment was almost the only payment used. Jem and Scout were well dressed, well fed and were more lucky than others in other ways as well as in material possessions. They were better off for having Atticus as a father as he educated them in more ways than one. He taught them not to be racist, judgemental or ignorant. He used the idiocies and wrong doings of other people to teach them how not to act. White trash such as the Ewells were often found living near dumps, in slums, and close to Negro c
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Approximate Word count = 725
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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