How does Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird represent the experiences of others and their culture? What are specific examples of aspects of culture...

Culture has many definitions. Among its definitions is the idea that culture is the "knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meaning, [and] religion" shared by one group of people ("Culture," Texas A&M University). Culture is essentially the "way of life" of one group of people ("Culture"). To answer the question, you want to look at the various aspects of Maycomb culture that Harper Lee portrays in To Kill a Mockingbird including the religion of the people, the prejudices of the people, and the way the people treat outsiders. One thing author Lee does in the book is criticize certain aspects of Southern culture, especially its hypocrisies, by criticizing Maycomb culture specifically.

Lee points out that one aspect of Southern culture is that Southern people are generally deeply religious. One thing Scout relays in the very first chapter is that all of Maycomb's citizens are churchgoers, except for the Radleys, which is one thing that makes the Radleys stand out:

They did not go to church, Maycomb's principle recreation, but worshiped at home. (Ch. 1)

While Maycomb county is home to multiple denominations, including Baptists and foot-washing Baptists, all of those denominations are Protestant, making Protestantism a central aspect of Maycomb County culture. All of Maycomb's elite society members are active in the church, just as Aunt Alexandra actively leads her own missionary circle. However, Lee also contrasts all of this religious culture with the prejudiced views of the town, showing us just how hypocritical Maycomb County's culture is.

Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle meeting in Chapter 24 provides us with one excellent view of the prejudiced opinions that make Maycomb's people hypocrites, opinions that also count as an aspect of Maycomb's culture. In Chapter 24, the ladies of the missionary circle speak of the needs of the Mrunas, an African tribe. The irony is that they refuse to see the needs of African Americans right in Maycomb and complain about the African American "cooks and field hands" grumbling after the trial due to injustices. Characters like Mrs. Grace Weather bemoan the "poverty ... the darkness ... the immorality" that African tribes are subjected to without recognizing the same problems African Americans suffer right there in Maycomb.

What is further hypocritical is that  Mrs. Merriweather preaches the need to forgive African Americans, like Tom Robinson's wife, and forget their offenses, regardless of the fact that Helen Robinson has done nothing wrong. Mrs. Merriweather further preaches the need to "help [Helen] lead a Christian life," regardless of the fact that the Robinsons are already devout Christians. Therefore, instead of celebrating their unity with African Americans as Christians, folks like Mrs. Merriweather reject the notion that African Americans, like Helen Robinson, are Christians, which is very hypocritical.

In short, due to their prejudices, the religious people of Maycomb behave in ways that are actually contrary to Christian beliefs by ignoring the needs of African Americans right in Maycomb and by rejecting them as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Through these hypocrisies, Lee shows us multiple aspects of Maycomb culture. She shows us that religiousness, prejudiced beliefs, and hypocritical beliefs and actions are all major aspects of Maycomb culture, which is representative of Southern culture.