presents
Maycomb's attitudes and values through the setting and her . For the setting, she describes
Maycomb as an "old town" whose courthouse "sagged in the square" (5).also
says that the "people moved slowly then" and that there was "nothing to see
outside the boundaries of Maycomb County (5). These descriptions suggest that tradition has a
hold of the people as well as its town. Other descriptions of houses and the way people move
help to show that proper etiquette is expected and anything out of the ordinary is frowned upon.
For example, the Radley's show the town just how anti-social they are by keeping their shutters
and doors closed on Sundays. Scout says the following about the town's behavior as opposed to
the Radley's:
". . . closed doors meant illness and
cold weather only. Of all days Sunday was the day for formal afternoon visiting: ladies wore
corsets, men wore coats, children wore...
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