Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
The same cool air that flows through the sky, is the same as the rotten prejudiced
air, in which, the people of Maycomb breathe every day. It s an unnecessary
sickness that spreads throughout the whole town. In Harper Lee s novel of To Kill
a Mockingbird, it symbolizes the many divisions and classifications used in
Maycomb to differentiate different groups of people. Although, each individual is in
fact different, the people of Maycomb are blinded to the fact that, there s just one
kind of folks. Folks (Lee 304). Scout understood the fact that people shouldn t be
judged based on divisions and classifications, and rather focused on people s
similarities. Scout s mature way of understanding, le her see something, that most
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Atticus was ignorant to the fact that, he would get Jem in trouble (when it wasn t
even his fault), and was worried about his reputation instead. Aside from reputation,
stereotypes and expectations was also something unusual that was found in
Maycomb. Stereotypes are generally an opinion about something, that is believed
to be true, but usually isn t mimicked. Although in Maycomb, stereotypes are
reinforced, and expectations were sure to follow. When Scout said that she wanted
to be a lady, Miss Stephanie replied to her saying that, you wont get very far until
you start wearing dresses more often (308). The ladies in Maycomb believed that a
dress symbolized a woman, but what Miss Stephanie meant was that, Scout wont get
anywhere until she starts acting like a woman, and that just being a lady, that wears
dresses and acts like one wasn t enough. She expects Scout to make use of what she
had (like the many job opportunities, or being a lawyer like her father), but said it in a
rough manner. Just like any other habit, living based on reputation, stereotypes,
expectations, was something that, gradually became unnoticeable by the townspeople
of Maycomb.
The small town of Maycomb, didn t need a month to make the prejudice sickness a