The Southern Life: Is It What it Seems? This is an essay about To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Many consider the southern "ideal" as consisting of stunning manor houses, the breathtaking panorama, and the posh populace; however, this ideal has been severely tarnished due to slavery. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird gives profound insight into the daily lives of citizens occupying a small-town, Maycomb, in the heart of the Deep South. By means of the many distinctive characters, their pre-Civil Rights Movement attitudes are scrutinized by a young girl, Jean-Louise Finch (Scout …

…upon the readers' mind is presumably the reason that Harper Lee employed them to criticize the various fundamentals of life in Maycomb. It is one of the reasons that make To Kill a Mockingbird such an exceptional piece of literature. When combined with a wonderful and meaningful storyline, the use of historical references, and the various other concepts throughout the book, they combine to become impressive ingredients in a magnificent recipe. Copyright of Wafa Nurdin 2002.