Social Inequality / Class

atticussaid

“Atticus said the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations… They were people, but they lived like animals.”

cryabout

“Cry about the simple hell people give other people… coloured folks…”

theresfour

“There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us… the Cunninghams… the Ewells… and the Negroes.”

isayguilt

“I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her… she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society…”

Iwanted

“I wanted to be a prophet… because our maid did not eat with us… because my grandmother’s knees always ached.”“For a few months, he actually did try:... a dozen prime ministers.”

forafew

“For a few months, he actually did try:... a dozen prime ministers.”

todie

“To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society.”

theyare

“They are looking all over for her because she’s a communist.”

thereason

“The reason for my shame and for the revolution is the same: the difference between social classes.”

beacuse

“Because in this country you must stay within your own social class.”

wheni

“When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class but at least we were in the same bed.”