Race and Society in Characters' Childhoods
Discussion of Infographic
I created this infographic to visually represent the racial tensions which shaped our characters as well as our national political landscape. Just as Scout's youth is an important aspect of how formative the events of the novel are for the development of her character, so too is it worth considering the racial politics of other characters' younger years. This chart explores facts which potentially shed light upon the conditions in which each character underwent their developmental years. What was life like for each of these characters at six years old? How might the race relations of those times informed the perspectives which we observe in the book?