The Town of Maycomb and Its Choices Most Literature is influenced by where a book is written and the situation where it was created in. In The case of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee was influenced by the racism and injustice in Alabama 1933. “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee sets the book in the town of Maycomb during the great depression this effects many of the choices character’s made. Harper Lee’s story is filled with many families who were driven to poverty‚ many examples of racism in
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MAYCOMB – Yesterday Afternoon‚ a mad dog wandered its way into the streets of Maycomb. The dog was said to be walking lopsided and twitching. Neighbours watched as local lawyer Atticus Finch put the dog down. Jem Finch‚ son of Atticus Finch‚ saw the dog walking down the street‚ and alerted Calpurnia. Calpurnia then alerted the neighbourhood of the mad dog’s presence. All neighbours watched from the safety of their homes as the dog approached. Jem and Scout Finch watched from behind Calpurnia
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a way of life. The citizens of Maycomb base their judgements on what they see and not the truth. Their blindness leads to the countless consequences in the novel‚ but prejudice is often the center of their conflicts. Their ignorance of the entire truth results in prejudice acts that severely affect the lives of Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Arthur Radley. Firstly‚ a character affected by social prejudice is Atticus Finch. The Finches stands high in the Maycomb society‚ shown when Atticus says
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thing. There are three main types of prejudice: racial prejudice‚ social prejudice and religious prejudice. These three are the types of prejudice most dominant in To Kill A Mockingbird’. The setting for the novel is a fictitious town called Maycomb. This town is situated in Alabama‚ south USA. The racial prejudice shown in the novel has a lot to do with the town being situated in the southern United States. This is because there was a lot of racism in the southern United States in the 1930’s
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somehow linked or caused by prejudice. Naturally‚ the town of Maycomb is affected by it‚ and the effect isn’t for the best. Prejudice is a destructive force in Maycomb‚ bringing nothing to the town. The cause of Maycomb being destroyed is prejudice spreading hatred throughout the town‚ separating the people‚ and excluding and enabling members of the town to fully get what they need. There is a lot of hatred spread throughout Maycomb County. The town is filled with prejudice people spreading their
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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 and the underlying prejudice was especially evident in the trial of Tom Robinson‚ a Maycomb black man. Because of the strict class system of Maycomb County and the extreme prejudice of the town‚ Tom Robinson was unjustly convicted of‚ and sentenced to death for‚ a crime he did not commit. The society of Maycomb County had a definitive structure
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In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee Atticus’s ideas of justice are different from the status quo of Maycomb which causes conflicts for the Finch family. Atticus’s idea of justice is that everybody under the law should have equal rights and‚ should be treated equally. One of Atticus’s ideas of justice that go against Maycomb is that in the American court system all men are created equal. Atticus’s closing statement in chapter 20 page 274 states what he thinks of the court system. “Our courts
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place in a small southern town of Maycomb‚ Alabama during the early 1930s‚ where prejudice was at its peak. The story unfolds through the eyes of a six-year-old girl named Scout Finch. The universal truth applied in this book is the different forms of prejudice existing in a discriminatory society. The setting of the novel enables us to come to a better understanding of why certain events happen under the circumstances and eventually inform us about the theme. Maycomb‚ a typical small town in southern
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some social taboo’s in‚ Maycomb; Scout’s residing township: Doors or windows left closed or ajar were a sign of being closed-off and unwelcoming. A lack of social interraction in Maycomb is looked down on as being‚ cowardice. And‚ least respected; If one was unseen at Church. The Radley family is also introduced into the story‚ amok the frenzy of other important information inducted in the opening chapter. Boo Radley‚ son of the Radley family‚ is ominous in all of Maycomb. The Radley family represents:
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(Lee‚ 4) Awareness of difference in social classes “..no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy‚ and nothing to buy it with…” (Lee‚ 6) Narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside of Maycomb ‘...nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.” (Lee‚ 6) Approximately when does the story begin? Show evidence to support your answer. The story approximately begins in the 1930s‚ after the Great Depression hit Alabama. They are dealing with the struggles
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