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Aunt Alexandra's Advice In To Kill A Mockingbird

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The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is focused on Scout and her life growing up in Maycomb. Through the events in the story, Scout becomes wiser as she grows up. As Scout grows up, the people in her life give her advice on bringing a good person, and a lady.The people who commonly give her advice are: Atticus, Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra, and Miss Maudie. Throughout the story, the person most dedicated to turning Scount into a lady is Aunt Alexandra. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing …show more content…

“You are too young to understand it,” she said, “but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of—oh, of your father.” (44). Said by Miss Maudie, it tells Scout that tolerance is necessary. The line “Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of—oh, of your father” is reference to the death caused by people in history over their religious beliefs. Early into the story, Scout is shone as young and naive with little tolerance for differing opinions. After an incident at school, Atticus tells her “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (30). This is something that Scout takes to heart, and later exhibits. Calpurnia often scold Scout and Jem, and doesn't impart much advice. “Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks' talk at home it'd be out of place, wouldn't it? Now what if I talked white-folks' talk at church, and with my neighbors? They'd think I was puttin' on airs to beat Moses” (126). A quote by Calpurnia, who also stresses the importance of tolerance. Most quotes by them are on the importance of tolerance. Scout understands tolerance and comes to respect that there are people who are different than her, but they should still be treated

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