To Kill a Mockingbird

     To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the early 1930s in the state of Alabama. The book shows events that were similar to what happened in real life. In the South, African-Americans were looked down upon and disrespected. They were very segregated and treated unfairly. This was shown in the book and matched up to history. The book shows the audience things like the separate churches, the disrespect towards African-Americans, and the injustice that occured. During the trial of Tom Robinson, the audience sees the effect of a white man’s word against a black man’s word. Since the book is in the point of view of Scout, readers really see the segregation that occurred in that time period.