"To Kill a Mockingbird- could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. Monroeville was Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the society as deeply as she does. The people of Monroeville and other places in the South America recognised themselves and the part that they played in the society in the book; this illustrates the connection between the society in the 1930 and the fictional narrative.
Having the book so accurate, the author can then hit the reader with more impact and can express her views on prejudice and discrimination with stronger force and more focus. .
All of the incidents take place in the mid-1930s. At this time, Franklin D Roosevelt was the President he offered people a New Deal' and told them there was nothing to fear but themselves'. This gave America, especially in the South, hope and optimism, as this was a time of great economic depression. To understand how the people of, Maycomb; Alabama, live you have to feel the atmosphere.
"A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. 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-.
Maycomb was an old and tired town, the same families had lived there for generations and the pattern of life had not changed and there was no desire for any changes. This small town in Alabama is hot; therefore, life does proceed at a very slow pace. Most of Maycomb is poor, so there is no financial means of improving the town. It is almost as if the town has turned in on itself, there were no concerns, and no real awareness of the outside world. The community is made up of "fine folks-, these are people who would never consider about breaking the law, and they may be poor but live a happy life.
