Code Of Conduct In To Kill A Mockingbird

Not only does race divide the town of Maycomb, it also dictates the ways in which characters conduct themselves in relationships. Race in this small Deep South town is a dividing line between public conductivity and how people conduct themselves in relationships. For example, how people such as Calpurnia who changes the way she talks when she is with company such as the finches then when she is at church. There are also hidden ways of conduct of Maycomb with power, language, and social status; this is acted by the residents of Maycomb. Harper Lee does end up challenging the status quo by exampling a pure and sustainable view on society, this is shown as Jem and Scout change their view on certain people such as Arthur Radley through based on his actions rather than accepting what their town tells them. Harper Lee describes hidden laws control how people act in their environment these are evident in the power roles, language, social status, and the status quo.

Such as most legal jobs going to white males, such the sheriff Mr. Heck Tate, white, The Judge from the Court House, white, these are just a few examples of how no high position jobs would go to the African American population. On another note most of the African American population has many of the lower, manual labor jobs such as Tom Robinson who does small manual labor jobs like breaking down furniture and working as a farm hand, or Calpurnia who works as a house hand/ maid for the Finches. It is evident that these social hierarchies never really socialize with each other for example Mr. Ewell isn’t shown to have many friends. He is the town drunk and he stays the town drunk with no friends to be herd of. Were as on the other hand Mr. Finch and Sheriff Heck Tate, presumably on the same social level associate with each other several times in the book, such as the Mad Dog incident, and the death of Bob