Parallelism (also known as parallel structure or parallel construction) is a figure of speech in which phrases in a sentence are grammatically the same or similar in construction, sound, meaning, or meter. The purpose of parallelism is to give balance, clarity, pattern, or rhythm.
In the second sentence of the excerpt, we have several repetitions:
<u>There was </u>no hurry, for <u>there was</u> nowhere to go. (there + past simple tense + negation)
... nowhere <u>to go</u>, nothing <u>to buy</u> and no money <u>to buy</u> it with, nothing<u> to see</u> outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. (negation + infinitive)
... <u>nothing to buy</u> and no money to buy it with, <u>nothing to see</u> outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. (a part of the repetition I previously pointed out - nothing + infinitive).
The authors claim in the passage is that sugar is different from honey. The authors primary purpose in the passage is that sugar is not as good as honey. The author uses interesting diction to get his point across about what he thinks of sugar and honey when in comparison.