Essential Questions I find it is important to understand significant historical events that were happening at the time the novel took place because without historical context readers could be confused as to why the protection of a black man is is frowned upon highly in the maycomb community. When a reader understands the history during the time of the novel he or she would understand that this was during the era of the Jim crow laws, and that the black community was segregated and discriminated. An example to further prove this is when during the trial light toned people sat on the first floor in pews or benches, while dark toned people were sitting in the second floor balcony. Another statement shown in the novel to prove segregation
