uneducated, and worthless. Bob appears to search for someone lower than him to take out his
             frustration. Bob and his family seem to live a life of ignorance and survival, where the only value
             they bear is that of self preservation. Harper Lee shows how the townspeople label the Ewell's as
             "cross- bred trash" , and never think twice.
             Harper Lee purposely makes the readers visualize May Comb as a town separated by race. By creating May Comb in
             this way she illustrates the racism that divides the town. Harper Lee begins by showing the
             bitterness that remains in the whites five decades after the end of slavery. This bitterness is best
             illustrated by the way that the way blacks are still oppressed, not by force but by fear and
             suppression. By convincing the blacks that they are worthless and that they will never amount to
             anything, the blacks do not try to achieve greatness either because they do not think they can, or the whites force them not to. Calpurnia, the Finch's servant seems to be exceptionally bright, but
             because she is black and a woman she cannot get a better job. The whites belittle and harass the blacks to try and makeup for their own problems and ignorance. This racial tension preludes and
             Harper Lee uses Scout as a way of illustrating the woman were expected to behave and act.
             She also modeled the missionary circle after "proper southern ladies", who sit sipping tea,
             fanning, and gossiping.This Creates another socail division, like men from women.(dont forget this book is about social class, not just racial class!!!)
             Scout who is independent and headstrong is considered "unladylike." By her Aunt Alexandra.
             Basically, the qualities that make Scout so strong are deemed unladylike and so it is concluded that a woman should be a docile follower. Harper Lee places Mrs. Maudie outside this circle, as a lady but at the same time an observer who does not speak to support or oppose th...