Introduction
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written by Harper Lee in 1960. It was set during the Great Depression in a rural town of Alabama, USA.
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, millions of Americans lost their jobs,land, homes, and dignity. They lived in makeshift shacks and relied on handouts of food. With few jobs available, the African American or popularly labelled as Black Americans were often edged out i