Harper Lee’s use of allusion

Harper Lee uses allusion many times through out her novel which subliminally has a greater significant meaning.

An example of this would be during the classroom scene on page 271 when the teacher responds to Cecil.  He says “They’re white, ain’t they?” In which the teacher responds “When you get to high school, Cecil, you’ll learn that the Jews have be driven out of their own country. It’s one of the most terrible stories in history.”

This extract is very hypocritical of Maycomb’s society because white people are feeling sympathy for the Jewish people in Europe but fail to realise that everyday black people get persecuted for their skin colour. It also said that the Jewish people were driven out of their own country which is another element of hypocrisy as black people were taken as slaves from Africa to America using force.