What Are Some Of The Problems That Occur In To Kill A Mockingbird

Did you know that Maycomb, Alabama doesn’t exist in the real world? That’s right, the town in Alabama was a place made up by harper lee.To Kill A Mockingbird was published in 1960 and was greatly famous soon after. In this story it clearly demonstrates what problems were happening during the early 1900’s like the Great Depression, and the racial injustice.That’s interesting because Harper Lee explains the life in the south from a made up town that clearly shows the life struggles of a southerner that actually dealt with these problems in the 1900’s.The setting in Maycomb in many ways plays a significant part in the story because of the racial segregation that is clear in unfair trial cases, treating blacks with segregation and the difference in the black churches.

In the story of To Kill A Mockingbird, The character Atticus is defending Tom Robinson in a court that is all white. One of the reasons that this is unfair is because the people of African descent, had no part in the jury.(Pages 219) “Four Negroes rose and gave us their front row seats. The colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second-story veranda, and from it we could see everything”. This could have been important because if

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia takes scout to her church and he notices some differences, one being Calpurnia’s attitude towards her segregation. (Page 158) “I felt Calpurnia’s hand dig into my shoulder.’What you want, Lula?’She asked in tones I had never heard her use. She spoke quietly, contemptuously.’I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church”.’ This supports the argument that the people at the black church treat white people as if they don’t belong there. Also in the story the church that calpurnia goes to was purchased by slaves, which brings the people who run the church to believe that this is only for black