To Kill a MockingBird revision notes

The Black Community  

• Black community is considered as inferior
• White people's opinions overrule black peopls's opinions
• Atticus is critisised for defending Tom Robinson despite the obvious injustice and his innocence
• "******" term common term
• Protected by Atticus
• The heirarchy of black community/ Dolphus Raymond/ the Ewells/ Maycomb families
• The black community stands as Atticus passes them by at the trail- shows the amount of respect for Atticus

Calpurnia

• Calpurnia is key a key brigde between the white and black community in the novel
• pg 241- "I want to borrow Cal for a while"
•  Isnt a servant, she's part of the Finch Family 
• Scout and Jem taught not to be racist from early age becasue of Calpurnia- Dont know why people are racist
• Introduced as a person rather than a colour 
• Acts differently around white people than black people- accent changes  

Dolphus Raymond

• Rejected by both white and black communites
• Pretends to drink alcohol to satifiy people seriotypical judgement
• pg166- " why is he sitting with the coloured folks "
• Married to a black womman- outcast of the white community
• Children dont belong in white community or black community in either communities eyes - mixed race

Zeebo

• Black man who works as Maycomb's binman
• Sent to collect Tim Johnsons body- lack of respect in the white community in black community - shows black people are seen smaller than even a dieased dog
• Cal's son
• Read's hynms in Church- quite high up in black society 

Black Church

• Lula May- " why you bringing white chullin to ****** church"- shows black community were prejudiced aginst the white community although not as much as the white community
• Reverend Sykes- black church leader- considerate and respct for Finches- looks after Children at trail and stick up for them at black…