'Cunninghams vs Ewells\r'

'During the spectacular depression of the1930s there were many families who couldnt obtain ends meet. How each family copes with their struggles during hard opinions, has always been a source of great topics for many writers. peerless such author is Harper lee who wrote â€Å"To Kill A Mocking fizzle”. In the book the author writes of several(prenominal)(prenominal) families, who were going through those hard times. deuce of the families in particular stood out for me, the Cunningham and Ewells. Although they did circumstances whatsoever things in common they were au whereforetically antithetic.\r\nThe equalities were few, and aside from being from the country, having lots of children and having had gravel with the rectitude, the similarities ended. The Cunninghams were from the outskirts of Maycomb, a place called Old Sarum. evidently this was land that existed in their family for generations.\r\nThey were considered poor people people by Maycombs standards bu t still tried to rent it. Although most of their land had been repossessed and mortgaged, they still owned some. Their land was the primary means of supporting(a) the family and, since money was scarce, many times they would commit some of their crops to barter for other necessities or services.\r\nThe Cunninghams were very imperial and hard work people and accepted nothing that was granted to them, unless they earned it. For example Mr. Atticus Finch provided sub judice services to the Cunninghams and did not expect requital of any kind. Mr. Walter Cunningham, however, brought Atticus various things from his spring up throughout the year until he reached a point which he considered fair defrayment for his services. These actions earned the Cunninghams the notion of being proud and honest people.\r\nThe Cunninghams did have a perform in with the law one time, which caused several of the boys to be sent to â€Å" prison house”. The prison was more like a democracy industrial shoal, were the boys actually were fed and presumptuousness an rearing. Some of them went on to higher education and became professionals. So once again they capitalized on an unfortunate event but, used it to progress.\r\nThe Ewells on the other hand, despite being poor country folk, having many children and having trouble with the law were very different from the Cunninghams. They too, anticipated outside the town of Maycomb, but they lived in an old inclined Negros cabin behind the town dump. They were poor regardless of the economy phases.\r\nThe Ewells primary source of income was from eternal sleep checks they received from the government. Most of the time Mr. Robert Ewell spent the family money on drinking. The Ewells were truly guests of the county of Maycomb.\r\nThe Ewells children had little or no education. In fact the only reason the children went to give instruction was to be able to continue receiving their fireman checks. Since the requirement was that the children had to at least give up for the premier day of tutor in order to collect the relief money, they sent their kids to school on the first day and that would be the extent of their school year. They did not unsex any strides to let on themselves and resisted any help which would allow them to do so.\r\nThe Ewells were very prejudice. They hated blacks. This is what led to their charge with the law. But unlike with the Cunninhams, the Ewells were the plaintiffs. They accused an indigent man, tomcat Robinson, a Negro, of rape. One time, Tom Robinson, went by the Ewells cabin and helped Mayella Ewell with a sept chore, only to find an enraged Robert Ewell charging towards the cabin. It was then that Tom Robison was thrown in prison and the Ewells began a trial which ended with the conviction of Tom Robinson and his death. It was clear to all of Maycomb that the Ewells were the type of folk to stay away from and most did. Except for one time when bird Radley cam e to the deffense of Jem and Scout Finch who were being attacked by a drunk, Mr. bobtail Ewell. On that day Mr. Bob Ewell was found dead. The town sheriff called it an accident and no one was apprehended for his death.\r\nIt is easy to bring in how two families can share some common traits but, be on the whole different human beings. The Cunninghams down on their mountain because of the economy but, still trying to make it in an honest and proud fashion. The Ewells who were completely the opposite. They were lazy, dishonest, uneducated people and happy to live that way.\r\n'