Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930’s, which shows the fallout that occurred during that time because of the Great Depression. The time period leads to the town having a mysterious, isolated, and conservative mood that can be seen through the perspectives of Scout, the main character, her brother Jem, their father Atticus, the children's friend Dill, their Aunt Alexandra and the Radley family's neighbor Boo Radley. The motive for Maycomb being the main setting of the story is to have the mood as an isolated town in the Southern. Lee achieves this by having Boo Radley being one of the main factors of the children's summer in Part One, and bringing out Aunt Alexandra in Part Two to control
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When Part One first begins, Harper Lee shows how isolated Boo Radley is and how he represents conservatism. The author begins displaying Boo Radley's mysterious character through the children's perspectives; they believe all of the fiction stories that were made from imaginations because of the sole reason that he is never seen. Lee writes, “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; the teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). Later on, Boo Radley is used once again to represent the mysterious mood that the children are experiencing in their town. However, the kids are now introduced to a new side of Boo Radley which leads them to have to mature and get over their past fears of the Radleys. Lee writes the conversation to say, “‘Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him for covering her up.’ Thank who? I …show more content…
Although they are now less fearful of Boo Radley, this situation only adds to the mysterious mood. Through these quotes, the reader is able to understand fully why Maycomb may be viewed as mysterious. Maycomb's mood plays a large role in the whole novel, and will continue to affect the characters as well as obstacles they may encounter. Maycomb’s small town life in To Kill A Mockingbird contributes to the overall mood of the novel. Conservatism is a main factor that occurs throughout the storyline and can be seen especially in Part Two from the character Aunt Alexandra. The children's father Atticus has always allowed them to be themselves, no matter what the town's expectations are, but this aspect shifts once the trial begins to creep closer and the children's Aunt Alexandra moves in. She feels that the children, especially Scouts, are not meeting the standard “Finch” behaviors. As Atticus begins to explain, “Your Aunt Alexandra asked me... son, you know you’re a Finch, don’t you?.....Your aunt has asked me to try and impress upon you and Jean Louise that you are not from run-of-the-mill people, that you are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding— She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you
When Part One first begins, Harper Lee shows how isolated Boo Radley is and how he represents conservatism. The author begins displaying Boo Radley's mysterious character through the children's perspectives; they believe all of the fiction stories that were made from imaginations because of the sole reason that he is never seen. Lee writes, “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; the teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). Later on, Boo Radley is used once again to represent the mysterious mood that the children are experiencing in their town. However, the kids are now introduced to a new side of Boo Radley which leads them to have to mature and get over their past fears of the Radleys. Lee writes the conversation to say, “‘Someday, maybe, Scout can thank him for covering her up.’ Thank who? I …show more content…
Although they are now less fearful of Boo Radley, this situation only adds to the mysterious mood. Through these quotes, the reader is able to understand fully why Maycomb may be viewed as mysterious. Maycomb's mood plays a large role in the whole novel, and will continue to affect the characters as well as obstacles they may encounter. Maycomb’s small town life in To Kill A Mockingbird contributes to the overall mood of the novel. Conservatism is a main factor that occurs throughout the storyline and can be seen especially in Part Two from the character Aunt Alexandra. The children's father Atticus has always allowed them to be themselves, no matter what the town's expectations are, but this aspect shifts once the trial begins to creep closer and the children's Aunt Alexandra moves in. She feels that the children, especially Scouts, are not meeting the standard “Finch” behaviors. As Atticus begins to explain, “Your Aunt Alexandra asked me... son, you know you’re a Finch, don’t you?.....Your aunt has asked me to try and impress upon you and Jean Louise that you are not from run-of-the-mill people, that you are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding— She asked me to tell you you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you