Practice Exam Question: To Kill A Mockibird.

In the extract, set after Tom Robinson’s trial, Miss Maudie is conversing with Jem and the two present their similar opinions of Maycomb County. The details Harper Lee uses are, such as,  some men in this world were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Personally, this quote suggests that the so called ‘unpleasant job’ is to be a lawyer, like Atticus. Moreover it is not just typical case, it is a racial discrimination case similar to Tom Robinson’s.

The term some men is a noun phrase and in this context I believe that she is alluding to Atticus. She also is placing Atticus above every man and women else in Maycomb by alluding to him