TKAM setting

The town of Maycomb is described as a small town by the people that live in it. As stated in the text, "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.” This description shows that Maycomb is an old, rural town that is under disrepair. There is also a mention of how there is a sleepy have to life in the town. Foe example, "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." This shows how boring life could be in Maycomb, and that the town was in a bit of an economic low.

The picture I chose for this comparison is a picture of a church on a farm field. I believe it is similar to Maycomb, because it connects to how rural and religious the town is. For example, "They did not go to church, Maycomb's principle recreation..." This shows just how religious the town can be, as it is something that the majority of the town partakes in. The town is also very rural as stated here, "...Atticus was related by bloodier marriage to nearly every family in the town." This shows how small and rural the town is, because in a larger town people wouldn't be so closely related.

 Delano, Jack. Church and Cotton Field near Greensboro, Alabama. 

 May 1941. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information 

 Black-and-White Negatives, Library of Congress, Greensboro, Alabama

Election Reflection

To be completely honest I think with this election America was stuck between a rock and a hard place. There were problems on both sides, and no mater who you voted for, there were people that had valid reasons to disagree with you. Hillary Clinton had the email fiasco holding her down, and Donald Trump had his comments on women and Mexicans that infuriated half the country. I think that no matter who we ended up with, someone was not going to be happy. Personally I am just glad we got it over with so we can all move on with our lives.

I could be happier about the results of the election. I understand that they were both less than optimal, but I think that Hillary was the lesser of two evils. At the beginning I was completely pro-Hillary, and believed trump to be the embodiment of all bad things. I couldn't stand him, and his actions didn't exactly help. Now I can see that he has cleaned up a bit, and I finally understand that Hillary is no saint either. Regardless I still think we could have done better, even so, I think we have to give him a chance to prove himself.

Of course I would like to be more involved in politics, it is only natural that I would care as it affects my life. The laws that are made have a huge impact on my life, so I want to make sure I vote for people that are going to make laws to make my life better. I'm sure you would be hard pressed to find a person that didn't care what laws politicians passed. Besides, if I don't tell people what I care about then who will?

Sadly I won't get to vote for another eight years, but when the time comes I will be really excited. Every vote counts in any election, so the idea that my voice will make an impact is really cool. I know that eight years is a long time but I'm sure there will be some minor elections befor then that I can participate in, after all the presidential election isn't the only one to look forward to.

Oh there is a long list of things to talk about when it comes to issues. First off there is the leaked video , the accusations against Donald Trump, the emails, people contradicting themselves, racist comments, etc. Let's start with Trump. There was a video in which Trump made some rather inappropriate comments about women and the things he does to them. Then to add insult to injury, there was a group of about nine women that came out and accused him of doing those very things. He has also made quite a few racist comments and actually got in twitter arguments with people and proceeded to insult them. Hillary hasn't been a saint either. There have been accusations that she handled classified information irresponsibly such as using her personal email account to send and receive important information. There are also some cases of her contradicting herself such as when talking about trading deals.