The Families of Maycomb
In the novel there are two families in the town of Maycomb that are very different. The Cunningham's and the Ewells have contrasting and opposite reputations. The Cunningham's are very respected in the town while the Ewells very much despised by the community. The Cunningham's show the respectability of hard worker or, where as Ewells are considered lazy. Miss Maudie is another character in the town who lives next to the Finch family. She is similar to the Cunningham's because she is a trusted figure who faces hard times very bravely and works hard in her garden.
The Cunningham's have pride, and are very respected by the citizen's of Maycomb County. The Cunningham's are given special privileges because there trusted. For example the Cunningham's paid Atticus Finch, a lawyer, for some legal work that Atticus did with their farm. They paid him not with money, but with food, and other services. The population of Maycomb County accepted this form of payment because they knew that the family had no money but was very honest, and extremely hard working. The Cunningham's would never take anything that they couldn't payback equally or with greater something of value. They were always considerate and would help you, and never consider about what was in it for them. The Cunningham's renewed their resources by doing this, people were glad to help them.
The Ewells were very different from the Cunningham's. Bob Ewell was a total drunk. He took what money he earned or stole and he drank it away. Mr. Ewell very rarely or if ever bought or cooked for his family a hot and total nutritious meal in his life. The Ewells used up the resources of the community. They scrounged around taking, and taking from others. People were disgusted when they helped the Ewells. The Ewells were liars, and were too ashamed to stop the slandering of Tom Robinson before it came uncontrollable, costing Tom his life.
Miss Maudie is a neighbor to the Finch Family. She shows more qualities of the Cunningham's and was a role model. Maudie respects others and minds her own business. She worked in her yard during the daytime and spent her evening on her front porch.
As shown above, curfew laws can play a very critical role in a teenager’s life. It can assist with keeping the city safer, help them get enough sleep, and help them build their personal skill under a well-structured system routine. A lot of people might find curfew laws for teenagers unconstitutional and contradict the first amendment, so they decide not to abide with it. But by doing so, they are placing more a bigger experience to teenagers who are still working on developing their skills to take on new challenges. After all, Teenagers are the future of our society if we don’t teach, coach, direct, and offer guidance their future will be unstable and unproductive and that will affect the entire nation.
It seems odd that the only important family in Scout 's family would be a man who probably moved to the 13 colonies around the time of the American Revolution. It would make sense that he would be important because he would have been able to make a sizable wealth here during the American Revolution.
Sum up, the social relationship between these people here, this old town Maycomb is complicated and pretty tense. This novel has taught us so much, thanks to Harper Lee – one of the greatest writers of all time. It has opened our eyes wider about racism at that time and compared it to nowadays it has become so much better. People are equally, no matter what skin color you are, what religion you have, or where you’re from, what you’re appearance looks like, we are all equal, and we are all the same – human. So instead of treating badly to one another we should all united and make the world a better place.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch represents a young southern tomboy who strives to find her identity. The adults in her town of Maycomb...
Harper Lee is most famous for her class, American-literature novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee created a story that reflects compassion, loss of innocence, and the courage to break barriers in the midst of adversity. By creating this novel, she built one of the most model, male figures in all works of writing: Atticus Finch. Today, Atticus Finch is seen as a literary hero, and a role model for many people. From his wise council, to his unprejudiced love and care for others, Atticus Finch lives up to the strong title of being a hero.
This conversation is a perfect example of social prejudice occurring in the novel. To expound upon this theme, the Raymond family is also a perfect example of class rank; the Raymond's, specifically Mr. Dolphus Raymond, are looked down upon based on the interracial marriage and mixed offspring. The idea of this family is foreign to the residents of Maycomb and is, therefore, shunned by the other citizens. In addition, the Ewell family is also discriminated against; being of a less wealthy status, the Ewells are seen as unworthy. However, their status is partially due to personal choices and Mr. Ewell's habits of drinking; these components all add up to a shunned family. These families express the impacts of social discrimination within the society of Maycomb.
Maycomb county alienates the poor and embarrassing people. When the novel introduces the Cunninghams as one of the poorest family in Maycomb, Atticus says, “‘Mr. Cunningham [...] came from a set breed of men’” (Lee 28). The head of the family is Mr. Cunningham, and therefore represents the family as a whole because the husband and father in a family usually makes the money in a 1930s family. Lee uses a metaphor to compare the Cunninghams to a set breed of people. “Breed” means an animal that has a different appearance than others. “Set” means the trait passes on- referring to poverty. A “set breed” conveys a type of animal or person differentiated by specific traits or appearance. This means the Cunninghams are set off from other families. They become alienated from society. Since poverty runs in their family, “Cunningham” synonymizes to “poor.” The county alienates them, thus alienating the poor. The county also alienates the Ewells, but for being embarrassing. Atticus says,...
To Kill a Mockingbird "I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them." – Miss Maudie The quote above states that Atticus Finch was a man who did unpleasant things, but this quote is false. Miss Maudie had every good intention when she told Jem and Scout this and her point was taken in the way she intended it to be taken by the children. Her point could have been better worded if the portion that reads "our unpleasant jobs" were replaced with "what is right." Atticus did unpleasant things only because he knew that they were the right thing to do. Miss Maudie told the children about their father in this way only to avoid saying that the rest of the town was wrong.
...s social position, it’s not hard to believe that they were looked down upon by other ‘Maycombians’. Aunt Alexandra, for example, refers to Walter Cunningham as “trash” (p.245). Yet we know this is untrue as the Cunninghams are honest, hardworking people unlike the Ewells.
The Cunninghams are mistreated by part of the society in Maycomb. Aunt Alexandra, who mistreats them the most, is prejudiced toward the Cunninghams, she does not like them. She thinks that her reputation, and social status are going to be stained if Scout plays with Walter Jr.. Scout wants to invite Walter over, but Aunt Alexandra does not like Walter, she says that they are folks from different class. She thinks it is best if they do not see each other. She once talks to Scout about how different they are, "Because - he - is - trash, that's why you can't play with him.
Another purpose is parental concern. A lot of times there are some youth who leave the house and don’t bother to tell their parents where they’re going. Most of them don’t even call to check in. This causes parents to worry that something has happened to their child. Curfew can solve this problem because parents will know that their children won’t be out at all hours of the night. ADD MORE
Curfews lower the number of teen involved in crimes every year. A curfew is an order specifying a time which certain people have to be indoors. Curfews apply to all minors. Most curfews during the week are normally start at 10 p.m., on Fridays and Saturdays the curfew is midnight. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there are many problems that would be resolved if there was a curfew for the local teens. Cities and towns should require a curfew on all children under the age of eighteen.
"Curfews don't keep kids out of trouble." - NewsWorks. N.p., 25 Oct. 2011. Web. 3 Dec. 2
"Handling Curfews." BYU David O. McKay School of Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
The term “Nothing Good Happens After Midnight” is used by many parents when referencing curfews. What is the definition of a curfew? A curfew is: “an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.” But, is this truly accurate, or is having curfews just a short term fix for deeper issues? Imposing a curfew, Sanchez says, is like "putting a Band-Aid on the problem." This topic can be viewed as having many advantages or disadvantages.