To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia Quotes

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the character of Calpurnia is hidden in the background of the text but plays a highly significant role in most of her appearances. Calpurnia is the Finches’ African American housekeeper and has a strong with both the Finch children, which allows her to greatly affect their lives. As an example, Calpurnia’s wisdom about life and social status in some capacity has been passed onto Scout during dinner with Walter Cunningham, "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em". This exchange began after Scout
For example, during her first school day, Scout reflected on Calpurnia’s symbiotic cursive lessons in where she would practice penmanship in trade for snacks, “Calpurnia was to blame for this. It kept me from driving her crazy on rainy days, I guess. She would set me a writing task by scrawling the alphabet firmly across the top of a tablet, then copying out a chapter of the Bible beneath. If I reproduced her penmanship satisfactorily, she rewarded me...". Despite Scout’s clear resentment towards those lessons by this juncture due to Miss Caroline’s disapproval of such Calpurnia actually has set Scout up for success. Through these lessons and many more Calpurnia has forced Scout to operate at a higher level than what is expected for her age and grade, which prepares Scout to easily tackle future problems with maturity. The often overlooked character of Calpurnia has one of the most significant roles in the novel, considering that each time she appears the people around her like Scout Finch grow through her knowledge and