To Kill a Mockingbird: Class Stucture of Maycomb County The rigid class structure and social stratification of Maycomb County had a profound effect on the events in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The impact of this class structure was especially evident in the trial of Tom Robins on, a Maycomb Negro. The extreme prejudice of the town eventually led to the unjust conviction of Robinson for a crime he did not …showed first 75 words of 767 total…

…showed last 75 words of 767 total…tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it, seems that only children weep." The strong prejudices and social strata of Maycomb County had a negative effect on the events in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird . This fact was evident in the trial of Tom Robinson, an innocent black man falsely convicted of rape. The dis appointing conclusion one draws from the novel was that when white opposes black, white always wins.