Atticus Vs Ewells

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King, Jr. During the Great Depression, not everyone was given a decent education, and it most certainly was not the number one priority. You were pretty much fine if you were in a rich white family, but the further down the caste system you were, you harder it was. In Maycomb, the Finches, the Cunninghams, and the Ewells all have a different view of their education, inside and outside of the schoolhouse.

The Finch family includes Scout Finch, Jem Finch, and their father Atticus Finch. For Atticus being a lawyer, and for being a wealthy white man, the Finch family had it pretty well off compared to others during the Great Depression in Maycomb, Alabama. Before first grade had even started, Scout already knew how to read because Atticus had taught when she was an infant and they have been reading stories ever since. Scout would be considered one of the smartest in her class because many of her classmates have been held back for a couple of years.

The Cunningham family would be considered to be in the middle of the caste system during the Great Depression. The family includes Mr.Cunningham, who was a poor farmer and had a property that was
There were the very few people, like the Finches, who were considered very wealthy. Then there was the Ewells who were pretty much living off of sticks and bones. But there were also the people like the Cunninghams who didn’t have it bad, but didn’t necessarily have it good, either. Being in the middle, they had a few goods, but they struggled a little keeping their shelter or maybe had to miss a meal every so often. Even with all their similarities and differences, just these three families out of a fictional book perfectly describe the life during the Great Depression from multiple