Most people have read or at least heard of the book To Kill a Mockingbird it’s a very impactful novel and covers serious topics we still face today, the main one being racism. The catch here is that unlike today this story revolves around a Trial in 1930 Alabama, one of the most racist states so why not take a look back from today and see how heavily racism affected people in this time period. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the early 1930’s when racism was still very strong.
This essay will go over how 9 year old Scout Finch was influenced and affected by her society and the events going on in her hometown, Maycomb Alabama. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout was heavily influenced by society by Atticus teaching her important life lessons, her witnessing of trial, and Calpurnia teaching her proper manners. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout was heavily influenced by society by Atticus teaching her important life lessonsWhenever Scout refuses to go to school because she doesn’t like it and she feels as if she will miss being able to read to Atticus at night, Atticus comprises and tells her that she will still be able to read to him at night but she must go to school, thus teaching Scout the importance of getting educated.Atticus teaches Scout not to judge someone just by the way they look or the way they act. An example would be Boo Radley, someone Scout thought was bad or evil up until the end of the book whenever he ends up saving her and Jem’s life from Bob Ewell. Atticus teaches Scout how racism affects Maycomb County.
In the story whenever Atticus takes Tom Robinson’s case to defend him, him and his children face backlash and harassment from the community since Tom is black, he explains to Scout that if he didn’t take his case no one else would have, opening her eyes wider to the growing issue of racism.
