Culture/Traditions of TKAM

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, The novel takes place in Alabama in the 1930's and tells a story about a lawyer who defends a wrongly accused black man while trying to raise his two children, Scout and Jem, as they go through life's most active learning stage. Southern ways to enhance the plot of the story and give a realistic and historic perspective to the book. This portrayal of Southern culture appears in various forms of racism, hatred, meek women, and family. The Southern women were told and obligated, by some code of southern conduct, to mature into fair-smelling, perfect ladies. by ladies they meant women who were well mannered, good at embroidery, and wore frilly, lacy dresses. One example of this southern tradition occurs when Aunt Alexandra come to the finch residence to help Atticus raise his children during the trial. When first arriving she says to Scout, "We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louis, before you become interested in clothes and boys. Aunt Alexandra makes no mention of Jean Louis's intelligence, education, or personality. Her diction suggests that the only thing Jean Louis is capable of pursuing is her attire and a man. Those are some Culture/Traditions of the book To Kill a Mockingbird.