We are in 1930s Alabama, a state in the Deep South, known for its incredibly strict morals and family ethics. In Maycomb County, Alabama, everyone has always known their place in the world. Scout and Jem Finch come from a respected founding family and should act that way. The Ewell family, on the other hand, are the outsiders in town. However honest any of the Ewells may be, their family is the outcasts of Maycomb, never to be treated like the rest of the town's esteemed people. Harper Lee effectively illustrates the complexity of family values ​​in the 1930s by developing the theme that family and the life you are born into can be placed in perspective and therefore restrictive with a predetermined role in the community. Lee establishes this concept using a conservative Southern setting, traditional and contemporary characters, and stereotypical racial norms. Alabama in the 1930s was a very conventional Southern state, not open to changing traditional folk values. For a long time, Alabama had stuck to agriculture and did not have as many technological advancements as the cities at that time. After Scout's first day of school, she goes to Jem, complaining about her oppressive teacher, and Jem tells her not to worry as Scout and her teacher are learning to adapt to the new Dewey Decimal System. Afterwards, Jem explains to Scout how learning these habits will benefit the creation of Maycomb County in the future: “[…] [Jem] 's like you want to know about cows , you're going to milk one…' '[Scout] Yeah. Jem, but I don't want to study cows, I-' '[Jem] Of course. You need to know cows, they are an integral part of life in Maycomb County” (Lee 24). Maycomb County residents come from a farming community, tending to...... middle of paper...... not about to change their ways. In 1930s Alabama, there are certain family values ​​and morals that must be acted upon. depending on the family they were born into. Your destiny is predetermined and people will treat you the same way they have treated the rest of your family for generations, no matter how refined you are perceived to be. Harper Lee establishes this idea using the deep context of southern Alabama, where progress is deliberate and family values ​​hold the state back, reflecting the characters on this idea of ​​fixed family values ​​and moral/racial family values. However, times have changed successively and people have the right to govern themselves, without any further ties to their family or race. People are free to act as they wish and do the things they want, because there is no longer a predetermined role for their future..