1. What is Cal’s attitude to white society?
She is treated with respect by the Finch family therefore her opinion of white people is different. When she speak to white people in Maycomb she speaks like white people however when she take Scout and Jem to the black church she speaks to the Negroes in the same way they speak.
2. Compare Atticus and Aunt Alexandra’s attitudes towards Cal and the Cunningham’s. Why do their attitudes vary? …show more content…
Aunt Alexandra thinks Cal should leave because the children are too old for Cal’s help and she is black. The Cunningham’s are a very poor family and are unable to pay Atticus with money after the court case he took a while back. The Cunningham’s pay Atticus back with food because that is all they have. Atticus finds this a nice gesture. Alexandra finds the Cunningham’s not worthy of friendship because of their poor income and wishes the Finches to have nothing to do with them. Aunt Alexandra is much more critical and Atticus is more