Social Inequality Flashcards
Guests
‘No economic fluctuations changes their status - people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression.’
Mixed Child
‘She was as sad, I thought, as what Jem called a mixed child: white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white.’
Back Hand
‘Maycomb gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of its hand.’
Never Be Like Jem
‘The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he’ll never be like Jem.’
Get Along
‘If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?’
