Class tension in To Kill a Mockingbird 4 Articles

by Kacey Stapleton

There is poverty in Harper Lee's town of Maycomb, Alabama. The story of Scout and her brother Jem takes place during the Great Depression. As the children of an attorney they don't face most of the harsher realities of tho...read more

by Lisa Doherty

If you put your finger on the social pulse of a society, you will find what Harper Lee revealed in her novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," which is that no matter how hard we strive for equality and justice, social constructio...read more

by Rachel Stockton

The underlying class tension in Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is every bit as tangible as the racial issues therein. But, the timing of the book, right before the Civil Rights movement, has insured that it's become s...read more

by Sumantha Dutta

Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is set in the fictional Maycomb County based in 1930's Alabama, a time where many were poverty stricken from the Great Depression. It was a time when society was very much segregated du...read more