Maycomb is a small southern town secluded off the modernizing world. The infrastructure, people, and culture are all described as slow moving and drab to signify that they are stuck in believing past stereotypes. Just like the town, the people are stuck in the past still practicing segregation and racism. Although the characters try to stray from the racist confines of Maycomb they remain judgemental in order to be included
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
This expression conjures up an image of feet that are not symmetrical, as left and right are, therefore causing imbalance or stumbling. It was first recorded in 1915.