Life in Maycomb in To Kill a Mockingbird :: English Literature

What impressions are there of life in Maycomb in To Kill aMockingbirdMaycomb is seen as a tired and sleepy town, where nothing happens.Maycomb is a genuinely isolated town itself, so it is insular. There are nonearby towns or villages so are very alone. This makes the town soboring and tired. Nothing very exciting happens in Maycomb, if thereis something evenhandedly different from to Maycombs usual routine thenthe community impersonate both excited but also affright. For example when itsnowed Scout was scared that the sky was falling, but Jem knew what itwas and got very excited and universeaged to make a snowman. When theRadleys menage is supposedly broken into by Negroes, and the mad dogincident are both examples of Maycombs panic at something different.The trial is a very prominent example of something that Maycomb findsexciting and new, the new part being a white man trying to prove ablack man innocent. The Maycomb community make a family day out or girth out of the trial, even thought is a very serious and ungratefulcourt case.It was a gala occasion.The courthouse square was covered with picnic parties posing onnewspapers, washing down biscuit and syrup with warm draw from fruitjars.Nothing has changed in Maycomb, it is very traditional and tries tokeep as much of its past as possible. Maycomb town is obsessed withbackground it clings to sure-enough(a) views the main one being prejudiceagainst blacks. Maycomb needs the likes of Atticus and his children to amaze the town forward. For example the Maycomb County Courthousea view indicating a people dictated to preserve every physicalscrap of the past.Racism in Maycomb has existed since the Indians. It immortalises how Maycombis base on extreme racial and prejudice.If General Jackson hadnt go the Creeks.Maycomb is also shown as a town that has not been brought up to afford times by the state of the actual town. It is very poor and indisrepair, it only has one taxi. When Miss Maudies house catches on farm the fire engine does not reach Maycomb for a while becauseMaycomb is a very isolated town and not very important so thereforethere is now nearby fire station.In wet weather the streets turned to red slop grass grew on thesidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.Maycomb seems to be an innocent, peaceful town when first seen. HarperLee proves to show this is a misconception made by outsiders.Throughout the novel we learn the ways and life of Maycomb.Maycomb County had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear