In a minimum of 150 words, explain how the historical context of setting the novel in the South during the 1930s helps us understand the Finch family in relation to the rest of the town.
To Kill A Mockingbird is set in a small southern town named Maycomb, Alabama. It is set in the 1930s during The Great Depression.The mood is summed up by the description of a place where
"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."
