Family

 Family- a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether together or not Divorced Parents

Families withed divorced parents are sometimes different than families still together. With the custody and all, the children have to go spend the weekend with their dad and live with their mom during the week. Sometimes children don't even get to see one of their parents. But this family can still be happy.

​ __ Abusive Families __

Children who experience physical and/or sexual abuse in their homes are:

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 * more than twice as likely to be physically aggressive as those who have not had such exposure
 * more likely to commit delinquent acts against property
 * more likely to display emotional disorders and hyperactivity

Black and White Families


 * Families with a black mother and a white father or white mother and black father.
 * Children sometimes get made fun of in school
 * Parents can be critisized in public
 * Some don't have any troubles at all

__The Finches__

- This family consists of Atticus, Scout, and Jem. They have a black cook named Calpurnia. - Atticus' nickname is "One-Shot Finch". He's a lawyer, and very kind wise. - Scout's real name is Jean Louise Finch. - Jem's real name is Jeremy. He likes football, and wants to become a lawyer when they grow up. - This family is very respectable and is very friendly. - Atticus is someone who wants racial equality. - Aunt Alexandria moves into the Finch house later on to "help" Atticus with the children. Aunt Alexandria cares very much about family appearances. She doesn't think the kids behave properly. She tends to stay away from African Americans if she can, because society does the same.

__ The Ewells __

- The Ewells usually just ignore most laws. The police usually ignore the Ewells. - The Ewell children, including Burris Ewell, just go to school on the first day, then stay home to work on the farm. - The Ewells are very, very cruel and mean spirited. - Tom Robinson was accused by Mr. Ewell of raping his daughter, Mayella Ewell. Tom was innocent.

__The Radleys__

- The Radley Place consists of Arthur "Boo" and Nathan Radley. - Their father died. - Their mother died. - There is rumors that have been going around for years that have Boo in the center of them. - The rumors say that he is dangerous because he supposedly stabbed his father with scissors.

__The Cunninghams__

- The first person we read about in the Cunningham family is Walter Cunningham - The Cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back. They never took anything off of anybody, they get along on what they have even though they don't have much. - Mr. Cunningham was one of the men from Old Sarum who came to lynch Tom Robinson but was unsuccessful because of Scout, Jem, and Dill's interruption.

__Compare and Contrast__

- The Cunninghams and the Ewells are somewhat alike because they are both poor families. - Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are both mockingbirds of the book because they are innocent people who are harmed by the evils of the world. They are judged by rumors that may not be true. - The Finches are very different from the Ewells because the Finches want racial equality, but Ewells don't want anything to do with African-Americans.