Maycomb is forged by its inhabitants, providing its characteristics. Maycomb is set in Alabama in the 1930s, with racial injustice seen throughout. Through vivid events of the characters, Harper Lee creates a powerful sense of hatred and discrimination. The town's influence can be seen affecting characters, making the town itself feel more like a character. Overall, Maycomb is crucial in revealing the harsh reality of racial inequality and how it affects the decisions made by the characters throughout. One thing the author does for the story is to create a vivid sense of the town and when it takes place by using different events and characters. Halfway through the novel, a mob surrounds the Finch house protesting the trial who are not happy …show more content…
This quote creates a vivid sense of the story and when it takes place by showing how much hate some of the people of the town have towards black men and their strong opinions about what should happen to them. This is very similar to many real areas in the South during the 1930s showing when the story takes place and how these events are not fiction but real and happened to many people at the time. Another thing about the town that makes it feel real is its occupants. One way that Lee makes it feel like this is by giving the emotions and wisdom of the characters about how some people do make mistakes but that doesn't make them bad, “A mob is always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night but is still a human”(Lee 210). Atticus tells Scout and Jem how Mr. Cunningham is a part of the mob but despite them wanting blood for what Tom Robinson was rumored to have done, the mob is still made of people like Mr. Cunningham. There are also people from this period who still see the good in others, similar to Atticus, the lawyer for Tom, who believes him and looks past his skin color to try and help