The Invisible empire or better known The Ku Klux Klan was …show more content…
More specifically, the author's purpose is to write about the Ku Klux Klan’s history and their objective . It writes, “Ku Klux Klan, secret terrorist organization that originated in the southern states during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War and was reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20th century. The original Klan was organized in Pulaski, Tenn., on Dec. 24, 1865, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word kuklos (“circle”). Although the Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization, its activities soon were directed against the Republican Reconstruction governments and their leaders, both black and white, which came into power in the southern states in 1867.” In this passage it explains the general idea of the Ku Klux Klan and its origins. In conclusion, the author’s purpose in this article is generally about the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan had a big influence to society.The Klan had a positive influence in society because of the Klan existing people learn that their purpose is wrong. The klan allowed people to see racism and discrimination a different way. A way that people look at different races and accept them. Obviously, the Klan had negative effect on modern society. The negative affect is that the klan is still active today. …show more content…
The novel takes place in Alabama during the Depression, and is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer that sees racism in a different way, but the white community in Maycomb looks down at his ideas. To make sure that the Klan was present in Alabama there needs to be a small conversation of the Klan or a reference of it. Well according to the novel Jem(Jean Louise’s older Brother)worries about the Klan,but Atticus Finch replies back to him that he is sure that the Klan is gone and that they are not active.This shows that the Klan is inactive because in this time that the book is set during the Great Depression. Because of the Great Depression the Klan has no financial support to continue their events,rituals,meeting, and acts. Like the Klan people in Maycomb people and the town are becoming poor. Yet like everyone in Maycomb, everyone knows each other in the Klan. Most of the white community and the Ku Klux Klan look down at African Americans. Although that the novel mentions the Klan very little, making connections are always