How Is Aunt Alexandra Like In To Kill A Mockingbird
A love to hate character in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee would be Aunt Alexandra. Austere Aunt Alexandra, is not very lovable or emotional, and not like a typical aunt. Thinking that Atticus is having a hard time raising the two children without a mother, decides to help out. She’s a very discriminating person in the family, especially to Scout who is very tomboy, who does not understand ladylikeness. Fitting in with Maycomb and all the other ladies, Aunt Alexandra likes to be fashionable and proper. The straight-laced, austere and tough loving Aunt is a very interesting character.
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Aunt Alexandra is very fashionable and ladylike, with all her manners and dresses. Trying to teach Scout to be lady like and wear a dress is difficult since Scout sees her style as weird and making her unfriendly. “I guess it was her Sunday corset” (128). Aunty dresses all tight and proper, with lace and old fashion things. She’s always got the right manners, and fits in really well with the other ladies in Maycomb, like Miss.Stephanie, but she is very stiff to the children. Always telling Scout what she should be wearing Sunday dresses and playing with tea sets, makes her prim. …show more content…
She’s discriminating people all the time, and not much of an encouragment. Brother to Atticus, but doesn’t seem to even be related at all or show much love, does happen to care about others. Even with all her nagging and pushing, she does keep Scout in proper order. Only thing is her style and etiquette makes her a little too proper and unlovable. Wearing a corset she shows her southern ladylike and knowledge of etiquette, but is finicky and a love to hate character. She doesn’t have enough understanding of the children, especially daughters. Unfriendliness blocks her relationship with people. Sraight-laced, austere and tough loving makes her unusual for an Aunt and overall she isn’t an immense character in the
Sriaght-laced
Aunt Alexandra is very fashionable and ladylike, with all her manners and dresses. Trying to teach Scout to be lady like and wear a dress is difficult since Scout sees her style as weird and making her unfriendly. “I guess it was her Sunday corset” (128). Aunty dresses all tight and proper, with lace and old fashion things. She’s always got the right manners, and fits in really well with the other ladies in Maycomb, like Miss.Stephanie, but she is very stiff to the children. Always telling Scout what she should be wearing Sunday dresses and playing with tea sets, makes her prim. …show more content…
She’s discriminating people all the time, and not much of an encouragment. Brother to Atticus, but doesn’t seem to even be related at all or show much love, does happen to care about others. Even with all her nagging and pushing, she does keep Scout in proper order. Only thing is her style and etiquette makes her a little too proper and unlovable. Wearing a corset she shows her southern ladylike and knowledge of etiquette, but is finicky and a love to hate character. She doesn’t have enough understanding of the children, especially daughters. Unfriendliness blocks her relationship with people. Sraight-laced, austere and tough loving makes her unusual for an Aunt and overall she isn’t an immense character in the