What is Lee trying to explain in chapter one about maycomb?

Scout is trying to say that Maycomb is a small Southern town where nothing much happens. It is hot in the summers and people are set in their ways.

People doing what people do in maycomb

What the town of Maycomb County is like.

From these sentences we can infer that the Maycomb people are leading very boring and tiresome lives. They have somewhat given up and just want to get it over with. They seem like they are living because they have to, not because they find joy in it. It also shows that all the people of the town are alike in the fact that they are fatigued individuals. They also follow the same schedule everyday, but don’t do anything about it. That shows that they might enjoy having no modifications or just don’t have the heart to fix it. The women seem to be preparing for something exciting, that will never happen. It is slightly relaxing, but draws them into weary states of mind. It’s like they prepare to give themselves something to do.The text says it was “hotter then”. When you think of sweltering heat, you think of being drowsy and slow. This shows that the town was like that. We also learn that it was a hard time for everyone. Not just the narrator but all the characters, including the dog. This shows that there was some kind of bad spell over the whole city. The city is like a one-horse town.