Similarities Between The Ewells And The Finch Family

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The Finch family has much more money than the Ewell family. The Finches lived in a nice home, while the Ewells lived "...behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin...It's windows were merely open spaces in the walls." Since the Ewells were so poor, they "...gave the dump a thorough cleaning every day," showing that they have to go through the garbage dump to get the things they need. The Ewells were also very poor in comparison to the Finches. The Finch family was a much more respectable family, they came from a large place called Finch's Landing, a cotton plantation, and had lived in Maycomb county for ever since it was founded. The Finches were respected, while the Ewells were considered "the disgrace of Maycomb for three

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