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When Aunt Alexandra moved in with the finches, "[She] fitted into… Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and [Scout]" (Lee 216 Chpt. 13). Alexandra is the epitome of the south. She has hatred towards African-Americans, and she believes that girls should learn to cook and clean and never run around and play with her friends. As for Jem and Scout, they believe that girls can have fun and roughhouse, and think that African-Americans are equal to white people such as themselves. Because Scout believes that her Aunt has the opposite ideas from what Atticus believes, Scout is prejudice against her own family member. This quote helps define the thematic subject of prejudice or understanding people who are different. Scout
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