Walter Cunningham Family

To kill a mockingbird is a tale of a town in the nineteen thirties United States of America. A town with a population of both white and black ‘co-existing’ with each other. With the occasional conviction of a coloured every now and again. With the Great Depression eating the economy. The struggle to maintain a home and to feed the family increases. Characters from the book, Walter Cunningham Sr., Tom Robinson, and Atticus Finch try to live with what they have. Bob Ewell tries to frame an innocent to obtain and sustain a job. It backfires on him and he gets hostile. He gets to the point where he injures a thirteen year-old boy. These parents would do the most to help their families thrive. A damaged economy can drive a person to new lows and what they’ll do for their families survival.
is a poor farmer that is affected from the Great Depression. ”Why does he pay you like that?”(Lee,Pg.21) Scout asks Atticus why Mr. Cunningham payed him in stovewood, and food. “Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money.”(Lee, Pg.21) Atticus replies saying that Walter Cunningham Sr. is out of money and struggling to make ends meet when it comes to financial securities. We later see him at the prison trying to lynch Tom Robinson but Atticus is there to prevent that. He than disperses the men at the jail when Scout’s politeness persuades him not to do it. Many motives are shown because of this. Mr. Cunningham could of have been influenced by money or by personal reasons. He could of have done it because he thought it might be ‘easy’ cash. He’s not the only man that works on a farm and has