Moral in To kill a mockingbird

Moral in To kill a mockingbird

1. Historical Context

   • En conclusión, este libro muestra, mediante la descripción de Maycomb y su gente, los muchos problemas sociales de Estados Unidos en 1930, más que nada centrándose en el racismo  y los problemas políticos que conllevan.
   • To kill a mockingbird is based in the 1930´s southern town of Maycomb
     • Important issues in 1930
       • Great depression
         • Caused by the crack of Wall Street, on 1929. It brought a lot of poverty to the us citizens and caused a economical crisis that lasted years
           • Smiley G (SF) Great Depression.The concise encyclopedia of economic (versión electrónica) Library Economic Libery econlib: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html
         • "The withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return." He was speaking of the Great Depression of 1929 to 1940, which began and centered in the United States but spread quickly throughout the industrial world.
           • Hardman J (SF) The Great Depression and the New Deal. Recuperado de: https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/soc_sec/hgreat.htm
       • Revival on the strength of KKK
         • KKK is one of the most recognized racist organizations
           • They caused fear on the african american community and a lot of segregation and injustise for this community
             • BBC,History “Race relations between wars” (2014) Retreived from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/usa/race/revision/2/
             • The justice sistem for black people was flawed
               • It was because of the prejudices and strong racism of the society. Nobody would believe an accused balck man to be inocent because everybody had the prejudice they were inferior and criminals. That is why the justice system wasn´t working well, they had those prejudices too
                 • BBC, “Social and historical context” (2018) Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/education/guides/z3wcdmn/revision/3
       • Political movements for african americans
         • African americans were starting to fight for their rights but is was very weak, there was no leader or united movement
           • They created organizations
             • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
             • Universal Negro Improvement Association

2. Author

   • En conclusión, Harper Lee basa su libro en las vivencias de su vida y lo hace mucho más real y humano. Logra que el lector tenga muca más simpatía por los personajes y el mensaje de crítica a la sociedad del momento cale mucho más en ellos
   • Harper Lee 1926- 2016 was born in Alabama and wrote ro books : To kill a mockingbird y Go set a watchman
     • Many aspects and characters of the book were inspired by her life. For example: Dill, inspired by his childhood neighbor or the economical depression Maycomb was going through
       • Fien, L (2001) Harper Lee, Encyclopedia Britannica [versión electrónica] New York, EU: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee