The novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. The novel has to take place here because in the more northern parts of North America the racial beliefs of people were different, the laws had changed, and the neighbourhood, along with the people in it, would be completely different. The place and time are important because if it was anywhere else, or during any other time period, the novel would change drastically.
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.”(Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird, Pg 5) The setting of Maycomb, Alabama is the perfect place to put this novel because back then, the southern part of America was still very racist and discriminated towards black people, while the rest of North America was beginning to accept them more. The law, and the people, were all against blacks at the time, while in more northern parts of North America, blacks were more accepted. The novel says that …show more content…
"My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!”(Lee, Pg 87) The people who live in Maycomb itself are extremely important because there are a huge variety of people with a difference of opinions on black people. Although many people in Maycomb still believe in white supremacy and don’t treat blacks as equals, they aren’t all rude or mean to blacks. The Finches are, in fact, some of the people that see blacks as equals, which is
why the court chooses Atticus Finch to defend Tom Robinson during his trial. However, some people, like the Jacobs and the Ewells, want Tom dead for his crimes.
If the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird had been anywhere else, the story would have changed drastically because the racial beliefs in many other places would have been different, the laws in many places were different and not as hard on black people, and the neighbourhood, as well as the people in it, would have changed
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.”(Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird, Pg 5) The setting of Maycomb, Alabama is the perfect place to put this novel because back then, the southern part of America was still very racist and discriminated towards black people, while the rest of North America was beginning to accept them more. The law, and the people, were all against blacks at the time, while in more northern parts of North America, blacks were more accepted. The novel says that …show more content…
"My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!”(Lee, Pg 87) The people who live in Maycomb itself are extremely important because there are a huge variety of people with a difference of opinions on black people. Although many people in Maycomb still believe in white supremacy and don’t treat blacks as equals, they aren’t all rude or mean to blacks. The Finches are, in fact, some of the people that see blacks as equals, which is
why the court chooses Atticus Finch to defend Tom Robinson during his trial. However, some people, like the Jacobs and the Ewells, want Tom dead for his crimes.
If the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird had been anywhere else, the story would have changed drastically because the racial beliefs in many other places would have been different, the laws in many places were different and not as hard on black people, and the neighbourhood, as well as the people in it, would have changed