<P> Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch , now 26 , returns from New York to the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama , on her annual two - week visit . She is met by her childhood sweetheart and suitor , Henry `` Hank '' Clinton , who works for her father , Atticus , a lawyer and former state legislator . Jack , her father 's brother , a retired doctor , is her mentor . Their sister , Aunt Alexandra , runs the house since Calpurnia 's retirement . The Supreme Court 's Brown v. Board of Education decision and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) are introduced as sources of controversy in the community . </P>
<P> Jean Louise `` Scout '' Finch , now 26 , returns from New York to the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama , on her annual two - week visit . She is met by her childhood sweetheart and suitor , Henry `` Hank '' Clinton , who works for her father , Atticus , a lawyer and former state legislator . Jack , her father 's brother , a retired doctor , is her mentor . Their sister , Aunt Alexandra , runs the house since Calpurnia 's retirement . The Supreme Court 's Brown v. Board of Education decision and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) are introduced as sources of controversy in the community . </P>
where does go set a watchman take place
where does go set a watchman take place
the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama
the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama