Most people in today's world are always running around all over the place, always with places to be and things to do, and often times, they do not take the time to get to know their neighbors. This was not the case during the early 1930's. Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes place during the Great Depression, which was a massive global economic recession that hit the United States the hardest, and many people …showed first 75 words of 680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 680 total…other when someone is in trouble. If only people today could slow down a little and take some time to get to know their neighbors, like the people of Maycomb. They would be there for each other and help one another when someone is in need, and maybe there would not be some of the problems that there are in the world. Works Cited: Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1988.