"""But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself." This...""

In the
first chapter of the novel,begins to describe her small, boring town of Maycomb, Alabama and
alludes to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address by saying, "Maycomb
County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself" (Lee, 6).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's said the famous phrase "Nothing to fear but fear
itself" during his inaugural address, which took place on March 4,...