Explain the importance of the setting in To Kill A Mockingbird. Could this story have been
set in a different time and place and still have the same effect?
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The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is important. The story takes place in Maycomb. Maycomb is located in the southern United States. In the southern part of the United States, racism strongly took place. White people did not admit they were same human beings equal to black people. The black people were segregated from white people just because they had different race. The story tells about the innocent people injured by people with sinister minds. It is possible for the story to have the same effect if the set in time and place were similar. However, if the story took place somewhere else where racial discrimination didn’t exist, the story might have had a whole different theme. If the story was written during the 1850s, the story would have focused on women fighting for equal rights as men. If the story was written nowadays, or the 21st century, the story would have talked less about racial discrimination but about nature.
I believe that this setting is important because as Jenny said, Maycomb County in Alabama is the cradle for ignorance and racism. It is a town faing ecomnomic problems. This story is based on early 1900s, maybe 1932-34. I believe this because they talk about a person paying Atticus with crops, not money. It is also taking place during the time the Cucus Clan persecuted the African Ameriacans. It was also a time when segregation was permitted in the south.
I believe that if this story should have been written in another time or place, the ideas and thought should've been different. for example, if it would have been based in New York, the time when Wall Street collapsed, the plot should have been how Atticus, Scout, and Jem would find enough money to live and buy goods. If it would have been set in modern times, the family would have been concerned with the war in Iraq and all the troops maybe sent there.
I truly believe that the author truly knew that if he should have based it in another time, the characters, the attidude of the multitude, and the thoughts, ideas, and problems would have changed the idea of the story.
I think that the time and setting are and extremely important part of the story. This is because in that time people still owned slaves, and white people belived that they were better than "black" people. Right now in the south of the United States there is a lot of racism, and to make the point that both the auhtor and Atticus want to make, you need to be in this specific setting. The story might have been able to still have the same effect as this book does, if the setting would have been similar: whites believing that they are better than "blacks".
For me the setting and time are perfect as they are. If they were to change the actions of the kids would also have to, and with that also the way their lifes went. I think that if this story was set somewhere else than Maycomb it would make sense, but that would change their way of talking, and our way of understanding.I disagree with Maria in one little thing. The person that payed Atticus was paying him with crops because people were poor at that time and thats the only thing they could afford. Maybe Maria ment that.
There are some misunderstandings in your comments. Racial discrimination still exists everywhere in the world. We talked about it in class, and we discovered that we all have seen and/or experienced racism.
Slavery officially ended with the end of the Civil War in 1865. The setting for this story is in the early 1930s, so there is no official racism.
Also, the racist organization you are talking about is the Ku Klux Klan or KKK.
The setting in To Kill a Mockingbird is very important. The setting gives the story all the flavour, or characteristics. And because of the rasicm in this time, one event that will occur in the story, wouldn't have made much sense. And if there were no Southern accents and different behaviour, the story would have been uninteresting.
The setting in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is really important of the story. It is important because it tells you of what is happening on the story. In this case, in this story the setting has to do with the topic racism. Of how people really treated badly with the black people. I think it is really awful of racism and it really isn’t fair because I think that everyone should and be treated equally by everyone. If the setting and time of To Kill a Mockingbird was in another place, I think that there would still be racism. From my point of view is that everywhere in the world, there is racism. It is not only in the south. It could be different by telling of how the people treat the others. Maybe there are people who don’t do it that awful like in the South. But there is racism in the world.
The setting in "To Kill a Mockingbird" is very important and the story would be different if the setting were to be different. Maycomb is a sleepy, boring old town were nothing much happens. This setting was important since if it was a lot of things going on, it would be hard to focus on one thing and keep the reader thinking about that one thing and analizing only the important things. I disagree with Yasmin that the setting was important due to slavery since, as mrs. rizardi already mentioned, slavery had disappeared already but in other ways she is right since the south wanted to keep slaves and therefore started the civil war. At the time of the story, there still was a big mark left behind from this historical happening.
The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is very important throughout the story. It takes places in Maycomb, a quiet and boring town where nothing much happens. This is crucial because all the events that happen in the story seem to be really interest in this town where nothing is happening. If the town was active and many things happened, it would all change because the events that are important in this story wouldn't be as much of importance to the characters. It would have been hard to concentrate and analyze the events.
There is also racial discrimination going on in this town. This helps us imagine how the background was back then and how people thought. Many of the conflicts and main ideas of the story has something to do with racism so it is very important.
I do not think that this story could have been set in another time because there would not be all the discussions and disagreements with Atticus defending Tom Robinson. There would not be the trial (which is the part of the book which really interested me the most), there would not be Scout getting in trouble because she was beating up the kids who critized Atticus. There would not be Ms. Dubose critizing Scout and Jem, then Jem chopping all of her asalias and the month of him having to read to her. The story would have been a lot shorter and without a point. The main points of the book had to do with the problems of that time (racism, stereotypes, respect...).
The book To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, a little typical Southern town. Maycomb is in the Southern part of the United States, located i Alabama. The setting of TkaM is extremely crucial to the way that Scout and Jem develop throughout the book. Because of the setting of Maycomb being in Alabama, the home to many racism and discrimination to African-Americans, the fact that racism is supported there affects Jem and Scout. Because Atticus defends Tom Robinson in a trial, the other kids in school and almost every body else calls Atticus a "n***** lover" and that makes Scout and Jem feel very embarrassed and at the same time mad. In Maycomb everything is taken in a southern manner and is more conservative. The way that Scout and Jem behave, socialize, and develop is surrounded by the southern way and its conservative ideas.
If the setting of TkaM would ever be changed the story would have developed and worked in a completely different way. For example: If the setting would take place in New York Boo would be considered as a nutcase and just not right, the kids would not have the freedom they have inside Maycomb, and the Neighborhood wouldn’t exactly be the same.
in response to what myung soo wrote
Myung Soo,
I think that what you said was kind of confusing because first you said that maycomb was a boring town ehre nothing happened and then it was a town where really interesting things happened. I think that you should go over your comments before you post them
Adrian, Myong su means that nothing big usually happened in Maycomb, so the events that happened in the book were a really big impact on the characters. By the way, you spelled his name wrong.
I have a question for Myong su and Yannick. How do you know that Maycomb is a boring town? I think all of these events were not such strange things to Maycomb. Besides Atticus being there to defend a black man and snowing in Alabama, nothing in this book seemed unusual in Maycomb. Being a racist was like breathing, and urban legends were not surprising things.
I think the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird is important because of all of the reasons I stated above. Those events were common in southern Alabama during that time period. This gives the impression that the unfairness and racism was something that happened all the time, making one feel bad. It was not only Tom Robinson that was treated unfairly; it was hundreds of people being treated like that. This setting brings awareness and remorse.
The setting of this story is in a way unique. What I mean is that there is only one place on earth that blacks are treated in this specific way and that stereotypes are spread. Black are described differently in every small city in the United States. In this case, blacks are not exactly property but they are indeed treated like shoes. You use then for a while and them you throw them away. Stereotypes on the other hand are very similar. In some towns, they are like Atticus. They are analyzed and then made a judgement. In others, they are only taken by some people and not by others. In other places, they are very popular at one point of time and then slowly forgotten through time. So, the setting of the story is perhaps even more important than the view of the narrator. It is not only where it takes place but also how it takes place. In other towns, there could be unlimited possibilities. Jem could have rejected Boo Radley even after he saved his life. SSout could have been a lady instead of a tomboy. Atticus could have been protecting Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson could have won the case. So, if it hadn't happened in this exact time period and this exact town, it could have never happened at all.
The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is important in the story. Lots of racism had occurred before and also mostly in the South. Since the story is based in the South in the time period of before, it would be normal to have racism. IF the story occurred during the 21 century, there would be lots of discomfort towards racism. If the setting of the story changed, basically the whole plot would probably change as well. Instead of accepting most of the discrimination, the characters would have been outraged and furious. If the setting is changed, the view points would also change as well as most characters.
The setting of the story is VERY important. The story took place in Maycomb, Alabama which is in the south. If this story would have taken place in the north it would have had the same effect. In the North during these times were not so racist as in the South. The time is also important but not so much. Yes, racism still exists today, but not at the same level as before. IF this story would have happened in the north at the same time, Tom would have won the trial.
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