Examples Of Allusions In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I can tell To Kill A Mockingbird takes place during the 1930’s because of the allusions made in it. In the book, they also use words that we do not normally use in our average daily vocabulary; Some examples would be on page 36 when they use words such as “fer”, “reckon”, and “ain’t”. Back in the twentieth century, they used multiple words that we do not use as much nowadays. Furthermore, I can tell the book takes place during the 1930’s is because of an allusion made on page 46 when Jem refers to Indian-heads. Indian-heads were pennies before the Lincoln penny came about. In addition, on page 53 Scout refers to One Man’s Family. One Man’s Family was a soap opera, which began in 1932 and lasted for many years later. Furthermore, back in the