Friday, November 29, 2013

What are some examples from To Kill a Mockingbird that support the fact that the book takes place during the Great Depression? Thanks

There are two specific examples that allude to the dates
consistent with the Great Depression. In chapter 1, Scout
narrates:


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Maycomb County had recently been told that it had
nothing to fear but fear
itself.



This alludes to the
words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt who encouraged America that the country was going to
make it through the Great Depression.


Later in the novel,
Atticus uses a year in his closing argument that gives readers a date certain throughout
which the entire novel took place.


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There is a tendency in this year of grace,
1935, for certain people to use this phrase out of context,
to satisfy all conditions. (Chapter
20)



These are the ways that
we learn that it is The Great Depression through just the knowledge of time, but
throughout the novel, Atticus in particular gives merit to the era because of discussion
of money. He lets the kids know that they are poor... although not as poor as many
others that they are around. He also refers to ways that doctors and lawyers are getting
paid during this era: through donations of food and supplies.

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