To Kill a Mockingbird first Post

In this first Paragraph I will be writing about important quotes and the meaning they hold. The First and in my opinion the most important for describing setting would be the one on page 6 [2^nd paragraph], the quote goes on to describe the hot and slow environment of Maycomb. It ends with the quote “…recently maycomb was told to fear nothing but fear it self.” This though it may not look significant states the time the story could’ve taken place in, as this was originally said by Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first inaugural address. He said

 “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” By looking into the address, it could mean that he was referring to the great depression, finally since the time that this was addressed was in 1933 it would most likely be in that time.

This Second Paragraph will state the ideas conveyed in the first 8 chapters, there were a lot of ideas but some of the most important ones were; school life back in the 30’s was strict, there was a large divide between social classes, and the final being black people were largely discriminated against during the 30’s and the depression. School life during the 30s was strict as the general society around that time was strict in the way it viewed race, class, and sex. The large divide between the class was made clear when comparing 3 families, and their kids who were at school [Atticus Finchà Cunninghamà Yule], where Atticus’ family was well fed and clean, Cunningham’s family was poor and had to borrow from Atticus, and Yule being most poor being unable to afford to stay clean. And by looking at the kids at school [no black kids distinguished] and the “helpers” that the finch family had [who was black], we could say that slavery was still going on in the south, and that African-American kids weren’t allowed to go to school.

AGAIN NOT MY IMAGE

http://www.seattlepi.com/dayart/20070914/450_mockingbird.jpg

Another literal meaning was conveyed in the image, as it shows a dead mockingbird. I chose this because this is a symbolic meaning also as later in the book something happens with boo and [ANOTHER BLACK MAN], whereas both are peaceful and innocent just like a mockingbird, killing it would be bad.