To Kill A Mockingbird 1930s Analysis

Harper Lee 's To Kill a Mockingbird gives the readers an idea of the South American lifestyle. The novel is set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. . The novel is seen through the eyes of a young girl who experience the world of segregation and criminal acts against blacks. Lee also explores the tragedies that occurred during the 1930s such as the Murder of Emmet Till, John Dewey 's philosophy of education, and the Jim Crow Laws. Lee has shown that racism has been a huge factor in society, causing discrimination and prejudice against those of a different color.

The Great Depression was an economical crisis that occurred between 1929 and 1939. The depression began in the United States and spread to the other countries.
Unemployment lowered to about 25% and was not expected to lower; until, 1941 when it dropped to 14.3%. Countless number of marriages was delayed and thousands of people lost their jobs. The women were then left to fend for their men. The roles were switched and the women found work easily. The Great Depression was also known as the crash. In the novel Atticus talked about the Cunningham 's being poor because of it.

The women felt empowered by their new roles and broke the rule that married women should not work outside their home. This new role led the women to gain a voice. The women found any job they could find. Most of the black women were working for the white men. In the novel there was a black woman named Calpurnia who worked for a white man. Most of the women were treated badly working for the white men but, Calpurnia had a
In Lee 's novel a discussion of how Scout learned to read took place. "Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It 's best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I 'll take over from here and try to undo the damage-" (19), said Miss Caroline. But, Scout did not learn how to read by her father nor the help she just picked it up. This view on how the kids of the 1930s were taught is thanks to John Dewey. There is a certain period in time that a person should be able to read and write as expressed in the novel when Miss Caroline said, "We don 't write in the first grade, we print. You won 't learn to write until you 're in the third grade" (21).A similar case to that of the novel was the murder of Emmet Till. Emmet was a 14 year old boy from Chicago who moved to Mississippi with his uncle; Mose Wright. In Chicago whites and blacks lived together in peace but, in the south it was different. One day Emmet decided to go in the Bryant 's store and talk to a white girl. Later, in the night two men named Milam and Bryant arrived at Emmet 's uncle house and kidnapped Emmet. They proceeded to Milam 's farm and beat Emmet with a .45. Emmet 's face was unbearable to see. Emmet 's body was later found in the Tallahatchie River. "His face was so mutilated that when Wright identified the body, he could only do so based on the ring that Till had been wearing."During the trial of