What Is Power In To Kill A Mockingbird

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela. “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. “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” George Washington Carver. What do all these quotes have in common? They all state that knowledge is power, and knowledge is the key to the world. Their is a great example of knowledge is power in To Kill a Mockingbird, because every person in the book is in a class system and if you look at the system the ones with the more education are higher up on the class system. Now let’s explore more into how this class system works in this small town of Maycomb Alabama.
At the top of the class system in Maycomb are the Finches who have lived there as long as any family
This was during a time of segregation in the south so blacks didn’t have many opportunities. They couldn’t go to school so they weren’t educated at all except for a few. They were the lowest on the totem pole just because they were black. Without education they couldn’t have very many jobs and then they couldn’t work for some white folk because they were black. If they were educated lie Calpurnia was then maybe they would be better off because they all lived honest lives but since Calpurnia was educated it helped her get a job.
There isn’t much better of a class system that represents knowledge is power then Maycomb County in Alabama in To Kill Mockingbird. If you need a more modern or straightforward example though go watch a Sherlock Holmes movie right before he fights because he calculates out every portion of his fight before it happens. But I prefer the more realistic version of knowledge is power in To Kill A Mockingbird than Sherlock Holmes. Remember what everyone said knowledge is