Kaitlyn Sattelberg Period 6 To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Essay In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee‚ writes about racial injustice. This book shows how racism is just a way for people to feel better about their flaws. This theme mostly represents one family in particular‚ the Ewells. Bob Ewell wants to feel better about himself so he accuses a man of raping his daughter Mayella. However‚ Mayella isn’t all that innocent. Bob Ewell is an alcoholic and immediately accused Tom Robinson of raping his daughter
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Former president George W Bush is a charismatic jokester who knew when to be serious and a clown at the right times. He was nice to his media crew and cared for them like they were his close friends. For example he gave Alexandra relationship advice. He likes to make fun of himself and enjoys when others joke around with him. George Bush and his media crew seemed to get closer to each other the more time they spent together because they talked about personal issues with each other not just politics
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memory for me. Next‚ I needed to pick two classmates from our online discussion board to use as my participants. I took my time reading the responses from everyone that posted their memory and there ended up being two that stood out to me the most‚ Alexandra Stewart’s post and Katie Collin’s. I copy and pasted Alexandra’s and Katie’s posts into a separate word document that I could easily access and then I read over their stories a
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are bitter-sweet‚ and so are many knowledgeable women. Aunt Alexandra in To Kill A Mockingbird portrays this very well. Although Alexandra Hancock is hypocritical and racist‚ she is also extremely loving. The south is harsh‚ yet has beautiful aspects‚ Alexandra Hancock makes this very clear. Due to Aunt Alexandra’s hypocritical‚ racist‚ and loving personality she shows Jem and Scout the beauty and flaws of southern culture. Aunt Alexandra is heavily involved with her missionary circle‚ and while on
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society is marked by controversy‚ but people are stubbornly holding on to the old habits of their forefathers by resisting social change. Scout finds out why the people of Maycomb county are still grasping on to old habits by the analyzation of aunt Alexandra and the criticism Scout faces due to her non female apparel. In addition‚ Scout also reveals the condition of the Cunningham household by examining the different attributes of Walter Cunningham who represents the state of the Cunningham’s household
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features which are used to make characters like Aunt Alexandra marginalized. Throughout the novel she is illustrated as a foil to Atticus’s attitudes and beliefs; additionally she symbolizes high-class society during the Great Depression. These techniques position the reader to view Aunt Alexandra as an antagonist. There are many reasons for the marginalization of characters and these are expressed through different textual techniques. Aunt Alexandra is primarily utilized as a contrast to Atticus through
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Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra is all about social class. She does not let Scout and Jem play with Walter Cunningham‚ because his family is below their social class. One of the most prominent moments that comes to mind is when Aunt Alexandra would not let Scout associate with Walter Cunningham after the trial. When Scout learns that one of the Cunninghams was on the jury and fought for an all out acquittal‚ she is determined to invite Walter over and become his friend. However‚ Aunt Alexandra is
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Characters Comparison Calpurnia vs. Aunt Alexandra By: Patrick Anderson In the book To Kill a Mockingbird I thought that the two characters that would be best to compare would be Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra. I picked these two for a couple reasons. One they are both against each other‚ seeing as Aunt Alexandra wants to fire Calpurnia. Another is they are both alike in a way‚ they are both mother figures in Scouts life. One reason Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra being mother figures to scout is
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Aunt Alexandra is definitely a control freak and she wants things to go her way and the Finchs’ movements to be under her control. As stated in the book‚ she thinks that Scout should be ladylike and proper. Are these lessons of conformity she is teaching correct or was this just the way she was raised and‚ acting like her snobby self‚ thinks her niece and nephew should act too? Aunt Alexandra always wanted Scout to be more of a lady and act proper. Alexandra shows that being how society says you
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these ways is the disrespect she receives from others as a result of her social class. One of these characters is Scout’s Aunt Alexandra. At many points throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Aunt Alexandra treats Calpurnia with condescension. This is evident in one of Aunt Alexandra’s orders to Calpurnia‚ “Put my bag in the front bedroom‚ Calpurnia‚” (Lee 169). Aunt Alexandra is constantly promoting
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