(Originais Teachy 2023) - Question Hard of English

Consider a passage from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee: '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. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.' Analyze how Harper Lee’s choices concerning how to structure this passage contribute to its overall meaning and tone. How do these choices reflect the historical, cultural, and social context of the time period the novel is set in?