To Kill A Mockingbird Setting Analysis

The narrator introduces the setting by describing it as a “tired old town”. She reveals that the Great Depression is occurring by explaining that there was no money to buy anything. To clarify, the narrator writes “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.” (Lee 6)

Scout and Jem seem comfortable with their father because they call him by his first name, Atticus. It seems they love and respect their father because the narrator often writes about him. She tends to write about the success of his career. It seems as if though Scout thinks Calpurnia can be bossy at times. Jem must admire Calpurnia because she never bosses him around or yells at him. They must see her as a mother

They payed with produce such as “hickory nuts, turnip greens, and other goods.” The Great Depression had affected the Cunningham family badly. For example, “Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations. The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest. If he held his mouth right, Mr. Cunningham would get a WPA job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.” (Lee 27 and 28) When Scout asks her father if they are as poor as the Cunninghams, Atticus replies with,”Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them the hardest.” (Lee 27) To clarify, since they were country folk and farmers they were affected badly by the Great Depression. This event had caused them to be penniless. To conclude, the reader learns that the Great Depression had caused the white-collared people to be indigent because the farmers were poor. Farmers couldn’t go to the professional people because they didn’t have money and it was difficult for them to come across