“There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(pg 6) This quote describes Maycomb, the setting of the novel. Maycomb is a small confined town in the south where nothing appears to happen or change. The reason behind the monotonous cycle is the state of the people being of having no surplus income, nothing valuable to buy, and the idea that there is nothing worthwhile outside of town. From the information from the quote, I can infer that the people of Maycomb may be close-minded as the town is separated and never was introduced to different ideas and people. In a text-to-text connection, TKAMB occurred in the same time period during the
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This “childlike” perspective allows for the most prominent topic of the novel, racism to be explored when a mob comes to kill Tom Robison. Scout strikes up a conversation with Walter Cunningham, who is part of the lynching mob, about his son, not knowing what is actually going (pg 205). Scout doesn’t see the underlying racist intentions the men have due to her inexperience while Atticus does since he is an adult. This encounter depicts the author’s purpose for trying to teach the audience about taboo topics that are difficult to understand. Young and relatable Scout being the narrator made this scene’s message more comprehendible to the overall novel’s audience. Scout being the narrator impacted what was said in the story and the overall messages. If the novel was in the perspective of a different character like Atticus or Jem, it would focus more on what they encountered in the time span. In the view of Jem, the novel would focus on how he was developing into a man from a boy and the relationship with Atticus. A novel in the perspective of Atticus would focus more on the case and his views on racism. Scout being the narrator is essential in the message Lee is trying to teach by making it easier to
This “childlike” perspective allows for the most prominent topic of the novel, racism to be explored when a mob comes to kill Tom Robison. Scout strikes up a conversation with Walter Cunningham, who is part of the lynching mob, about his son, not knowing what is actually going (pg 205). Scout doesn’t see the underlying racist intentions the men have due to her inexperience while Atticus does since he is an adult. This encounter depicts the author’s purpose for trying to teach the audience about taboo topics that are difficult to understand. Young and relatable Scout being the narrator made this scene’s message more comprehendible to the overall novel’s audience. Scout being the narrator impacted what was said in the story and the overall messages. If the novel was in the perspective of a different character like Atticus or Jem, it would focus more on what they encountered in the time span. In the view of Jem, the novel would focus on how he was developing into a man from a boy and the relationship with Atticus. A novel in the perspective of Atticus would focus more on the case and his views on racism. Scout being the narrator is essential in the message Lee is trying to teach by making it easier to