To Kill A Mockingbird 9th Grade Analysis

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is during the Great Depression in Alabama as the narrator Scout, Atticus daughter is the narrator as her dad is the lawyer with extremely high morals who defends Tom in a case. This novel should be a core novel in 9th grade at BHS reasons like it teaches us about how racism was portrayed in the 1930’s during The Great Depression and the novel also creates critical thinking/ imagery throughout the story.
One reason why the novel To Kill a Mockingbird should be a core 9th grade novel is because it teaches us how awful racism was not just during the past but during the Great Depression. The way we as readers experience racism is during the summer when Atticus Finch is called to support Tom Robinson in a case because he was accused of raping Mayella Ewell and he is later found guilty because he's black and it is during the 1930’s the Great Depression; “In our courts, when It's a white man's word against a black man’s, the white man always wins”(251-252). This quote shows that Atticus is unhappy with this situation
Empath is experienced in this novel when Atticus and his son Jem go to Tom’s family’s house and Atticus tells his family the news that he had been killed in jail and when Bob comes over he spits in Atticus's face but the quote that shows it is “So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there”(249). This quote shows empathy in the character Atticus because he knows Mayella is getting hurt by her dad Bob and he realizes her pain so he rather Bob take it out on him then have him keep taking it out on his