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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [How the Class Structure ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [And Social Structure of ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [Maycomb affected events ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [in To kill a Mockingbird]
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Dizzed: 06/94 # of Words:756 School:All Boys/Prep State:CT
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The rigid class structure and social stratification of Maycomb
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County had a profound effect on the events in the novel To Kill a
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The impact of this class structure was
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especially evident in the trial of Tom Robins on, a Maycomb Negro. The
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extreme prejudice of the town eventually led to the unjust conviction of
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Robinson for a crime he did not commit.
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The society of Maycomb County had a definite structure. This
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structure contained four classes. The first and upper class consisted of
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white collar Caucasians who were considered "rich" in the post-depression
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years. Characters who fit into this class were Atticus Finch, a well-off,
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highly respected lawyer and citizen in town, and Judge Taylor, the justice
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of Maycomb County and presiding judge at the Robinson trial. Other
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characters who belonged to this upper class were Miss Maudie At tkinson,
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an open- minded, kind woman, and Miss Stephanie Crawford, the renown
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gossip of the town.
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The second class in Maycomb County included the blue collar , white
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workers, primarily farmers who struggled to make ends meet. The
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Cunninghams, Dolphus Raymond, and the mysterious Radley family represented
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this group. The third class of Ma ycomb County were the " white trash".
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The Ewells, who lived at the dump, and relied on welfare for survival, were
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members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between
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the second and third class was not a financial one. Both w ere "poor".
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The difference, however, was in the way they interacted in society. The
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Cunninghams, unlike the Ewells, refused to accept charity and paid back
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their debts with what little they had. The Cunninghams were also different
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from the Ewells because they didn't take advantage of Negroes.
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The fourth and lowest class in Maycomb was best described as a
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"caste" because it was impossible to escape from it. All blacks were
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included in this group. Prejudice ran deep in Maycomb County. Although
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many classes existed within the blac k community, one of color must always
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be in the lowest class. The blacks lived apart from the whites in their
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own section of town and seemed to have a society separate from the whites.
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The strong prejudice of Maycomb County and the negative effects of
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its social strata were demonstrated by the trial of Tom Robinson. Tom was
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a hard-working, warm- hearted Negro who went out of his way to be kind and
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helpful to some poor whit e trash. He helped Miss Mayella because he felt
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sorry for her. His major shortcoming was the fact that he was black. Bob
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Ewell, a white drunk, who was an eyesore and problem to the town, accused
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Robinson of raping his daughter Mayella. Atticus Fi nch, Tom Robinson's
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lawyer, made it immensely clear to the jury that Tom was innocent. It was
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actually Mayella who made sexual advances towards Tom, and as a result was
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beaten by her father for kissing a black man. However, despite the
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obvious, und eniable facts of the case, the all white jury found in favor
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of the Ewells and sentenced Tom Robinson to death. Tom eventually died
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when he was shot in an attempt to escape from prison.
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In examining the case, the two lowest classes in Maycomb were
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involved. It was the Ewells who were white trash against Tom Robinson, a
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kind, black man. The jury's decision proved one sad, undeniable fact-when
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a black man's word went against a white man's word, the white man,
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regardless of his background, would always be victorious. Despite the
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jury's doubts pertaining to the Ewell's accusations against an innocent
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black man, they had to find in favor of Mayella because she was white. In
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spite of the jury's knowledge of Tom Robinson's character, they could not
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allow Mayella 's accusations to go unanswered. To do so would have made the
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two races equal. There was no justice or mercy for a Negro, even one as
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upstanding as Tom Rob inson. Atticus may have stated this point best when
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referring to the jury's decision, "They've done it before and they did it
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tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it, seems that only
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children weep."
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The strong prejudices and social strata of Maycomb County had a
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negative effect on the events in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird . This
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fact was evident in the trial of Tom Robinson, an innocent black man
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falsely convicted of rape. The dis appointing conclusion one draws from
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the novel was that when white opposes black, white always wins.
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