To Kill a Mockingbird Character Analysis ’ Calpurnia Calpurnia is a key character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she shows the children the true side of coloured people and that they shouldn’t believe everything they hear about her community. She comes off as a gruff character but throughout the novel‚ a kind hearted‚ caring character is revealed. Even though she tries very hard to show the children that black and white people are equal she acts differently when she is interacting with black or white
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ we are able to discover the idea of family. Family means putting your arms around each other and always being there. Members in a family don’t have to have kin to form a good family‚ as long as they care about each other. In the novel‚ Calpurnia is a black woman who works as a cook in Finch’s family‚ they don’t have any kin. However‚ no matter which angle you look into their relationship from‚ you will see the true love within a family. Calpurnia plays the role
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parental duties. Luckily for Atticus‚ Calpurnia is around to pick up some of the slack. Without Calpurnia‚ Jem and Scout would not be nearly as well behaved as they gradually become. Atticus’s career would also take a dive‚ with no one to watch Scout and Jem while he works. Finally‚ Calpurnia also takes care of exposing Jem and Scout to new things‚ something every parent should gradually do for their child. In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Calpurnia is the closest thing Jem and Scout
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“Perhaps Calpurnia sensed that my day had been a grim one: she let me watch her fix supper... ‘I missed you today‚’ she said.” To Kill a Mockingbird’s loveable Calpurnia lives her life switching between the different personalities society has forced upon her; Calpurnia is the motherly authoritative women in the Finch’s’ home‚ the quiet maid when around privileged whites‚ and the native “nigger-talking” lady in the black community. Even though Calpurnia is the African-American cook and housekeeper
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Calpurnia Some people find it difficult to show their affection for others. Calpurnia‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ possesses this problem. The black cook loves the Finch children‚ but she has a hard time expressing that to them. In the beginning of the book‚ Calpurnia appears oppressive and harsh to the main character‚ Scout. As the story progresses‚ however‚ she reveals her other side. Slowly‚ Scout comes to realize that Calpurnia is actually protective‚ mannerly‚ and above all‚ an
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A theme of this story is that people are not who they seem they are. Calpurnia has two sides to her in this story. One is the way Calpurnia acts at the Finch’s. Calpurnia talks like a normal citizen of Maycomb. Calpurnia also dresses like a normal citizen of Maycomb. But on Sunday’s she suddenly flips a switch. The way Calpurnia acts on the other side of town across the city borders where she goes to church on Sunday’s. Calpurnia talks a lot different than anyone in Maycomb‚ the colored people at
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in the time “To Kill a Mocking Bird” was written. And looking at the lifestyle of blacks and whites is a night and day difference. In “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” the blacks were treated extremely poorly. Luckily‚ Calpurnia worked in the household of the Finches and was dearly loved there. Three words to describe Calpurnia would be wise‚ loyal and nurturing. Unlike many other blacks‚ Calpurnia is very smart and well educated. She could read and write. Calpurnia is also very wise
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Jada Bolden March 25‚ 2013 3a-English9 To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is more than just killing a mockingbird. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a story about the struggle of one man’s effort to combat racism in the South during the Jim Crow Era. This book is also about Scout’s maturation. Scout is a tomboy who represents efforts to alter her behavior in order to make her more socially accepted. An archetype is an original pattern or model from which all things of the same
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Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme of a Book or Blind Spot of History? The book is set in the year 1933 in a small town called Maycomb‚ Alabama. In 1933 slavery is no longer legal but racism is common among people. At this time in the south the town is divided by race. This is portrayed in the town by different churches‚ schools‚ and communities. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is how racial prejudice hurts people‚ which are illustrated by Bob Ewell‚ the lynch mob‚ and Lula
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Movement without Complacency One novel that teaches us that history does not turn a blind eye and shows us all the evils that exist in our world today is Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson during his trial is indicative of how harmful human behavior can be towards one another. Prejudice‚ which is abundant in Maycomb and the south‚ is seen by children as confusing until they are old enough to grasp the concept. Lee portrays the children in the novel
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