To Kill A Mockingbird Identity Quotes

In any form of environment, social inequality and status always comes through as human nature. Throughout the novel, Scout’s prejudice against Walter Cunningham changes. In the beginning she judges and disrespects Walter, by the way he eats ravenously at dinner with Scout’s family; he does so due to poverty. Towards the end of the novel she comes to a mutual understanding of the Cunninghams ways and reasons. Scout tries to convince Aunt Alexandra if Walter can come over for dinner once again. But, Aunt Alexandra refuses, ‘“[t]he thing is that you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he’ll never be like Jem. [b]esides, there is a drinking streak in that family a mile wide. Finch women aren’t interested in that sort of people’” (300). Even though Scout evolves out of prejudice of the Cunningham lifestyle, Aunt Alexandra is not able to change her perspective; she believes that interacting with the Cunningham will affect the behaviour

The Maycomb ladies provide an excellent example of racial prejudice, and a failure to see what it is like in someone else’s skin. They believe they are doing well by making money for missions, failing to see the hardship on their own doorsteps. Aunt Alexandra is very important to the novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ as she is a representative of these viewpoints, disapproving of Calpurnia and disassociating herself from the black community entirely. Miss Maudie however is the counterpoint to Aunt Alexandra. Maudie offers Scout a female role model, whereas Aunt Alexandra tries to make Scout more ladylike, to fit in with her position in life. Aunt Alexandra plays the greatest role in reinforcing class distinctions

It is only Aunt Alexandra's concern about social class that prevents Scout from being a friend of Walter. The Cunningham's may have similar values to the Finches', but their social status in Maycomb is more important. Aunt Alexandra likens coming from a low class to being

A person is a product of his/her environment. Aunt Alexandra, Scout and Jem’s aunt, is a prime example of treating the “lower-class” like trash.Later on the story, Scout and Jem ask Aunt Alexandra to play with Walter Cunningham. she refused and her reason was “I'll tell you why," she said. "Because- he- is- trash, that's why you can't play with him. I'll not have you around him, picking up his habits and learning Lord-knows-what.” Just like Scout at first, she thinks the Cunninghams are trash, which is not true they are good folks. However, she is so blinded and convinced that the finches are superior because of their social status. She would be devastated if Scout and Jem start to act the Cunninghams. We could declare that people are contemptuous towards the lower class because of their Economical status, which is the foundation of someone’s position in the society. Which is a considerable part of everyday life of Maycomb County that influenced the

Aunt Alexandra is mad at Atticus for defending Tom in the trial because it does not look good for the family name. At the tea party Scout’s views on Aunt Alexandra change, “When she had them on the road, Aunt Alexandra stepped back. She gave Miss Maudie a look of pure gratitude, and I wondered at the world of women. Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra had never been especially clock and here was Aunty silently thanking her for something” (233). Scout respects Aunt Alexandra a lot more after this scene happens; she sees that womanhood is not exactly how she imagines it and that it might not be that bad after all.

As well as the attacks on the individuality of others because from personal experiences that is still very prevalent. Some say the novel gives moral lessons yet they are too simplistic. I believe these people have not yet seen or analyzed the story well enough because the monster in the novel and how the characters are portrayed and how they end up shows the true meanings of the gruesome behaviors of racism, stereotypes, and prejudices. The monster can be identified as many different issues throughout the novel, but the one i feel is most complex yet prevalent is the oppression of individuality. This is most shockingly prevailing when Scout and Atticus are looked down upon by other for their choices to benefit themselves or others around them. As well as Bob Ewell’s false accusations against Tom Robinson and racial prejudice. In terms of her social identity, she is unusual for being a tomboy in the prim and proper Southern world of Maycomb. "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 with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when

A possible reason as to why the book was called “To Kill a Mockingbird” is because a mockingbird is a harmless and innocent animal. Therefore, when it is killed, peace is disturbed. In the story, Tom Robinson, a black man, was said to have raped Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Throughout the story, he has been wrongfully accused of raping her. Due to this reason, innocence and peace has been taken away or killed.

Initially Aunt Alexandra is very racist, because she believes she is superior to the black race. Scout notifies Aunt Alexandra that she knows about the bad things in the Finch Family, such as their cousin, who was in jail. Aunt Alexandra immediately seems embarrassed and makes Atticus tell the children, “Your aunt has asked me to try and impress upon you and Jean Louis that... you are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding” (177). Aunt Alexandra says that she is trying to “impress upon you”, referring to Scout, this sounds like Aunt Alexandra wants to really push it into her head. Aunt Alexandra is really trying to show Scout that she shouldn’t go around and tell people about bad things like this. Aunt Alexandra is also trying to make Scout into a lady, more than a kid. Aunt Alexandra is really trying

This is another type of prejudice, it is called class prejudice. Aunt Alexandra is trying to change Jem and Scout from acting the way that they do. She's trying to strip the morals that have already been taught and embedded in their brain. She wants them to act as a higher class in which they are. “I had an idea, however, that Alexandra's appearance on the scene was not so much Atticus's doing as her.

While Scout was happy in overalls “‘Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born…’”(Lee 108). This clearly demonstrates how Aunt Alexandra views women as caretakers because of the expectations of women in the 1930s. As Aunt Alexandra settles into the Finch household, she continually tries to make Scout wear a dress and quarrels with Atticus over Scout’s boy like manners to refine her into a lady. Through we can see her strict adherence to gender roles. This adherence also shows how much society entrenches gender norms in her character.

Class and family history is an important part of tradition to many of the people in Maycomb. When Aunt Alexandra comes to visit, she feels it her duty to impress upon Scout the importance of her roots. Aunt Alexandra forces Atticus to explain to Scout that she is "not from run-of-the-mill people, [but] the product of several generations' gentle breeding"(p.133). Aunt Alexandra feels that people are born into a certain class, and should, therefore, behave accordingly. If you are born into a high class, you will always be considered high class, and if you are born into a low class, there is no use to strive for anything higher. The result is that families are repeated in each generation with similar attitudes and character shadings. The objective is obviously to refine the classes and keep them pure. Aunt Alexandra and many other men and women in Maycomb praise the distinction of class. To them, having high blood is seen as sacred and there

Children look up to their elders for wisdom and advice. They rely on someone experienced and with authority for guidance on how to live their lives. However, sometimes the people who are accountable for youth mislead them; they may have good intentions, but are not mature enough to exemplify their values and morals, or they simply are ignorant. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra plays a negative role: she is a proper, southern lady with a strict code of behaviour and etiquette, but is too closed-minded and obstreperous to change her ways or view the world from others’ perspectives. Calpurnia takes on the position of a positive role model by disciplining the children in the Finch household. Miss Maudie takes on the role of a

Aunt Alexandra is not a good mother figure. Aunt Alexandra is not a good role model. She is racist and tells the kids not to hang out with black people. Even when Scout said can I go to Calpurnia's house she says no even Calpurnia is like a mother. She says that they need

By analyzing Aunt Alexandra from Calpurnia 's view in Harper Lee 's novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the main theme of inequality is brought out by their negative relationship. The way Alexandra treats and immediately dislikes Calpurnia from the instant that she arrived at the Finch household shows the racism and bias of Alexandra. From the beginning, Alexandra treated Calpurnia with no respect and excluded her from the Finch family. Calpurnia is a low-class black woman and most of the Finch family, excluding Atticus, are racist and elitist. Calpurnia is the opposite of this. As a low-class black woman, it is obvious that she would dislike Alexandra as Alexandra believes she is better than Calpurnia and treats her as such. Alexandra 's character embodies the small Southern town culture that Maycomb had and the inequality that came with it.

After their church with Calpurnia Scout and Jem find out Alexandra has come to stay. She has decided that what she is doing is “what’s best for the family’ and Atticus agrees with her. As Alexandra settles in Scout becomes uncomfortable with the idea of a “feminine influence” and she has trouble even starting a conversation with Alexandra. Alexandra is very popular in Maycomb and takes a leading role in the female social circles, even though she is very blatant in her belief that Finches are better than everyone else. She is also a firm believer in “streaks” ie. a gambling streak, a drinking streak, a mean streak, etc., though Scout doesn’t really understand her Aunt’s fascination with heredity. Alexandra is on a crusade to instill the familial