Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee - 1231 Words

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, â€Å"’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 people in†¦show more content†¦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. As ide 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, â€Å"’you wont get very far until you start wearing dresses more often’† (308). The â€Å"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, w as 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