Analysis of Race, Class & Gender Relationships in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
A 5 page paper which analyzes race, class and gender
relationships, within the story’s given circumstances of time and place, in Harper Lee’s 1960 novel, 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Specifically examined are the relationship between siblings Jem and Scout; the way women are presented from Scout’s point of view; how the trial in which a
white man’s (Atticus Finch) defense of a black man (Tom Robinson) accused of rape provokes a clashing of the town’s subcultures, including African-Americans, “poor white trash,” the middle class and the upper crust; and the significance of the trial’s conclusion, in which Scout is
prompted to stand by Rev. Sykes as her father passes, as do the African-Americans on the courtroom balcony. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
File: TG15_TGtkam2.doc
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