Sunday, December 17, 2006

Maycomb is a town in Alabama which is very hot, esecially when it rains. Because of the heat, "Men’s stiff collars wilted [...] [and] Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall [smelled] [...] of sweat and sweet talcum". Maycomb also seems to be a town in which everyone either knows or knows of everyone else. It is a very discreet, not well known, and quite town. "There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County." F.D.R. once said, "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." It is the allusion in this passage. There are some dangers within Maycomb but this allusion was used to help the civilians of the town not be afraid. The diction that Scout uses is very mature for her, being a 10-year old girl. "and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum". This is the simile that Scout used to describe the women of Maycomb. She has such a great mind and uses it well when speaking and describing.

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