In the first few chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee spends some time giving details of her family's ancestry and how they came to be living in Maycomb County. She also gives details about they types of people living in Maycomb in order to give the reader a clear picture of the setting. Through the details of the Finch family history and the way Scout and her family interact with other characters in the town the reader can make important inferences about the social environment of the book's setting.
For the first part of this blog post, consider how you came to be living in Olympia. How did your parent(s) end up in Olympia? Does your family have deep roots in this town, going back several generations, or did an outside force bring them here? Talk to your parents about this and write a paragraph about how you came to be living in our community.
For the second paragraph of the post, describe how you view our social environment. What is it like to be living in Olympia, Washington in October 2015? When an author chooses a setting for a story, she considers the way of life, way of talking and behaving, clothing, gender roles, traditions, values attitudes, customs and beliefs of the people who inhabit the setting. What is the cultural backdrop in our town? How does it effect you? Write a paragraph about the social environment in modern-day Olympia.
Due Monday, October 4.
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