Maycomb is a fictional town. It is located in Alabama and based on the author 's own
childhood town, Monroeville, so there is an autobiographical element to its details.
The town is small and possesses a rather rigid class system. Poverty is rampant, with
people either struggling to make do or already living in bad conditions. Some white families are
well-to-do, such as the Finch family, who are essentially American aristocracy due to the
respect of their names and their long family history.
The town is also
racially segregated. Whites and blacks live in different parts of town and go to different
churches, only ever seeming to interact when black citizens work as cooks, handymen, and
housekeepers for the whites, or in a worst-case scenario, when black citizens are tossed into
some controversy, such as with the case of Tom Robison.
In general, the town
is reluctant to embrace change. Everyone seems to accept the classicist, racist, and sexist
attitudes that have persisted in...
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