Similarities Between The Great Depression And To Kill A Mockingbird
The eyes of innocent, childlike characters are employed in both novels to show an unbiased point of view of the victimisation prejudice sets upon certain people and the isolation that follows. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout and Jem goes to church with Calpurnia where they are met with hostility from Lula,”You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here”. This is Scout’s first experience with racial discrimination and it emphasises the harshness of society during the epoch of the Great Depression. (Expand)Harper Lee effectively portrayed the absurdness in racial discrimination through a child's point of view as she can relate to Scout through her own experiences. Set in the 1930s, Harper Lee was a child resembling Scout who had hard times
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Nobody got any right in here but me.” The repetition of Crooks claiming his own room and rights (finish and expand). Crooks attempts to preserve himself in his comfort zone by turning down others. Eventually Lennie is accepted after Crooks realisation of his ignorance eradicating the cyclic nature of the book and showing that the bold actions of some can also eradicate the cyclic racial discrimination. Furthermore the death of Candy’s dog foreshadows Lennie’s death as both are innocent and powerless to victimization similarly like Scout and Jem being powerless to being victimized. Both Lula and Crooks attempt to push away white people no matter who they are because of their fear of being victimized and isolated. Furthermore characters Reverend Sykes,Zeebo, Calpurnia and Atticus are innocent in their own ways as they discard all racial thoughts and think of each other's as equals. They cannot fathom racial discrimination the rest of the ‘herd’ is obsessed about and finds them hypocritical. For instance Mrs Gates says, “ There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesn’t think so is a mystery to me,” explaining to the class her hatred for Hitler his views on the Jews but she does not recognise her
Nobody got any right in here but me.” The repetition of Crooks claiming his own room and rights (finish and expand). Crooks attempts to preserve himself in his comfort zone by turning down others. Eventually Lennie is accepted after Crooks realisation of his ignorance eradicating the cyclic nature of the book and showing that the bold actions of some can also eradicate the cyclic racial discrimination. Furthermore the death of Candy’s dog foreshadows Lennie’s death as both are innocent and powerless to victimization similarly like Scout and Jem being powerless to being victimized. Both Lula and Crooks attempt to push away white people no matter who they are because of their fear of being victimized and isolated. Furthermore characters Reverend Sykes,Zeebo, Calpurnia and Atticus are innocent in their own ways as they discard all racial thoughts and think of each other's as equals. They cannot fathom racial discrimination the rest of the ‘herd’ is obsessed about and finds them hypocritical. For instance Mrs Gates says, “ There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesn’t think so is a mystery to me,” explaining to the class her hatred for Hitler his views on the Jews but she does not recognise her