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TKAM Final Presentation

The document discusses the social, historical, and political context of Maycomb, Alabama, highlighting its geographical significance as a small town with essential facilities. It addresses themes of injustice, racism, and prejudice, particularly through the lens of Tom Robinson's trial, while also touching on the impact of the Great Depression and the Civil Rights movement. Additionally, it illustrates small-town values, exemplified by characters like Aunt Alexandra, who enforce traditional gender roles.

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TKAM Final Presentation

The document discusses the social, historical, and political context of Maycomb, Alabama, highlighting its geographical significance as a small town with essential facilities. It addresses themes of injustice, racism, and prejudice, particularly through the lens of Tom Robinson's trial, while also touching on the impact of the Great Depression and the Civil Rights movement. Additionally, it illustrates small-town values, exemplified by characters like Aunt Alexandra, who enforce traditional gender roles.

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Social, historical,

political
context and
small-town values
in the Maycomb
society
Geographical Situation
Maycomb is a small village in the
Maycomb County, Alabama. It is
located in the Southeast United
States. It has a school, a prison, a
courthouse, a church and a post
office, so it is a important city in the
local area, there isn't too much
information about Maycomb, as it is a
fictional town but we can make a
clear image by the description of the
buildings in it and how they are
placed.
Geographical Situation
Social Context – Injustice, Racism and Prejudice
“Mr. Finch, he were talkin‘ and lookin’ at
Miss Mayella.” Tom robinson

“Then you ran?” Finch

“I sho‘ did, suh.” Tom Robinson

“Why did you run?” Finch

“I was scared, suh.”Tom Robinson

“Why were you scared?” Finch

“Mr. Finch, if you was a n* like me, you’d


be scared, too.” Tom Robinson.
The reason why all this racism happened is because when England had
colonies both in america and africa,the triangular trade appeared, this
consisted in capturing black people and selling them as slaves in
America. Mainly for cotton farms. This made all the american and
european people think that black people were inferior to them and
eventually caused all this racism prejudice and injustice that we see in
the novel.
Small town values

A great example is Aunt Alexandra,


who constantly tells Scout off for
being very “boyish”.
Historical context – The
Great Depression
Here we can see a person
Here we can see that has lost all his money in
people the stock market and is
protesting selling his car on a really
because they low price because he
are unemployed needed the money.
and the
government will
not help them.
Political context –
Civil Rights
The first black child to attend The signing of the Civil
a white only school Rights Act, 1964

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