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Throughout all of American history, there has been a split between the various social classes. In the 1930's, white people were biased against the lower classed African Americans and nowadayshigh-profiled, well-educated men and women; hardly ever interact with the average person, a lower class. Harper Lee's, Pulitzer Prize winning, To Kill a Mockingbird, displays the diverse classes and theireffects on a small town in Alabama through the young eyes of a white girl.
In Maycomb County there are the blacks, the whites and then there are the Ewells. As Atticus says, "Ewells are members of anexclusive society made up of Ewells" (34). They always keep to themselves and stay on their own property. They are also the town's outsiders, since they never interact with anyone, not even people oftheir own race. The Ewells also get away with a lot because "common folks allowed them certain privileges by… becoming blind to some of the Ewells' activities" (34). If any other white family wasbreaking the law, they would have been deeply punished. People ignored them because they didn't want them in any of the town's activities. In addition, since they are isolated by the town, Mayella, theoldest daughter, and her sibling's don't "know anyone near [their] age, boys or girls" (208). Even though they are white, no one wants to be their friend. Even if they were extremely kind, they wouldn'thave friends because they live on a dump with money from the town. The Ewells are lonely outsiders that have never followed rules and so have been a class of their own.
Some whites living inMaycomb have all authority over the African Americans since they are the highest class. For example, in Tom Robinson's trial the whole jury was composed of "white-shirted, khaki trousered men" (185) who hadthe power to control Tom's fate. Lower classed people were always found 'guilty' by the higher ranked no matter how innocent they were. These whites in the 1930's were the dictators of the county....