What Was Life Like In The 1930's

How doe's Harper lee comments on the life in the south during the 1930’s through her novel To kill a Mockingbird. Harper lee explains in the novel what life was like in the 1930’s. There wasn’t any slavery in the 1930’s. The town Macomb was segregated. That means black and whites didn’t and couldn’t do the same things. There was not any equality in the town Macomb. Example, they couldn’t go to the same restrooms or they couldn’t enter the same restaurant doors, they had to enter from the back. Harper lee explains in the story “ To kill a Mockingbird “ how life was different in the 1930’s. A real life situation in the story that can be compared to an actual case is the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson was falsely accused. The jury claimed that Tom raped a young white woman by the name of Mayella. This case reflects back on the case in Scottsboro. Tom Robinson was accused because Tom Robinson was a black …show more content…
Harper lee explains in the novel what life was like in the 1930’s. There wasn’t any slavery in the 1930’s. The town Macomb was segregated. That means black and whites didn’t and couldn’t do the same things. There was not any equality in the town Macomb. Example, they couldn’t go to the same restrooms or they couldn’t enter the same restaurant doors, they had to enter from the back. Harper lee explains in the story “ To kill a Mockingbird “ how life was different in the 1930’s. A real life situation in the story that can be compared to an actual case is the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson was falsely accused. The jury claimed that Tom raped a young white woman by the name of Mayella. This case reflects back on the case in Scottsboro. Tom Robinson was accused because Tom Robinson was a black helpful man that didn’t mind helping Mayella when she needed help the most. The story setting is in Maycomb, Alabama, but the same case happened in