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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woman. In the beginning of the book‚ she is a tomboy who cannot wait to pick a fistfight with anyone‚ but at the end‚ she lowers her fists because her father‚ Atticus‚ tells her not to fight. Scout’s views of womanhood‚ influenced by how Aunt Alexandra‚ Miss Maudie‚ and Calpurnia act‚ make her think more about becoming a woman and less of a tomboy. In the beginning of the book‚ Scout is a tomboy. She acts‚ dresses‚ and walks like a boy because when she was little her mom died‚ leaving her
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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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a Mockingbird to respond to the above assignment. STEPS TO FOLLOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD |Whenever possible‚ divide the assigned topic into two or more |Atticus and his sister Alexandra have different ideas about how | |subtopics. |Scout should be raised. | |For each subtopic‚ list as many details from the work as you can.|Atticus:
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of Alexander the III‚ his son Nicholas took over. Nicholas met his wife‚ Alexandra‚ a couple of times before they got married. Following their marriage they had a baby girl‚ Olga‚ but they needed a son to inherit the throne. After another try Alexandra gave birth to another baby girl‚ Tatiana‚ and another one‚ Marie. When she was pregnant again they went to a person called Dr. Phillipe to partake in astral medicine. Alexandra followed the instructions but another girl was born. To me Dr Phillipe sounds
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Scout learn throughout the novel. A few key characters who taught these lessons to the children and who will be the subject of this essay are Ms.Dubose and the morals learnt from her successful fight against morphine addiction‚ the role of Aunt Alexandra in front of Scout as a female role model and lastly Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s preferred associations with black people and his motives behind such actions. These points all sum up to the movie version of the novel being unquestionably incomplete as the
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both her personality traits and in her social position. She can read before she enters school‚ she is unusually thoughtful‚ and she acts like a tomboy in her prim and proper Southern Maycomb. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ various characters such as Alexandra‚ Atticus‚ and many others contribute to the socialization of Scout. Scout learns to act lady-like‚ how to be respectful and be guided by her morals‚ and to look at situations and intentions from another perspective. Scout faces many issues in
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In chapters 10 through 15 the trial becomes one of the main topics and causes many conflicts. Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finch family‚ which leads to some quarrelling. In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Alexandra is an excellent mother to the children. As I am further reading To Kill a Mockingbird I begin to characterize Atticus. I characterize Atticus as a caring and wise individual
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