Class Prejudice

Question 1

Who are the Cunninghams?

Answer 1

The Cunninghams are “lower class whites” poor farmers, badly hit by the depression but are of higher class than the Ewells

Question 2

Name an example of class prejudice?

Answer 2

Aunt Alexandra is obsessed with the superiority of the finch family, part of the local white aristocracy. She doesn’t even let scout play with Walter Cunningham as he is of “Lower class”

Question 3

Give a quote of class prejudice

Answer 3

“Because-he-is-trash” a quote from Aunt Alexandra speaking to scout about why she cannot speak to Walter Cunningham

Question 4

What is calpurnia’s quote to scout about Walter Cunningham?

Answer 4

“Yo’ folks might be better’n the Cunninghams but it don’t count for nothing the way you’re disgracin them”