Calpurnia Essay

This specific conflict between Scout and Calpurnia, even if not particularly relevant, exposes Scout’s personality and also the situation that has formed in Maycomb. When Walter Cunningham starts eating in an unusual way and Scout is ready to point it out, Calpurnia intervenes with her words of wisdom about the fact that there are “some people who don’t eat like [Scout and her family] … but [Scout] ain’t

African Americans. The reader realizes this when Miss Meriwether speaks about her maid. She treats the African Americans like animals or objects rather than human beings. We see this again when Scout describes the way Aunt Alexandra treats Calpurnia. She makes Calpurnia feel irrelevant to her life. According to Darren Felty’s criticism, Harper is trying to reveal the Southern prejudices in the South. Lee wants to make explicit the consequences of racism and to guide the reader's judgment of this episode

Everyone is biased. That is the truth that no one can deny. However, it is how we react to the biases fed to us by society that truly exemplifies how much sympathy, compassion and intelligence we possess. Scout, the protagonist of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, lived in Maycomb County, Alabama as a child. Maycomb’s predominantly Caucasian populace always trusted the words of the trashiest white man above the words of the kindest black man. Scout bluntly states to her older brother, Jem, that

colored folks rather than whites by giving other white people a reason to leave him alone, which is alcoholism. The scene then turns to Atticus giving his finally remarks at the court. Just when he finishes, Calpurnia walks in. Social Issue: Prejudice Chapter 21: “M.I.A” Explanation: Calpurnia bursts into the courtroom handing Atticus a letter from Aunt Alexandra saying the children were missing. Immediately Mr. Underwood intervened claiming that

Courage in To Kill A Mockingbird   Courage is shown within the characters of To Kill A Mockingbird in several situations.  The characters are challenged to face danger or pain without fear.  The courage they display gives them strength and deepens their self-understanding as the novel progresses.     Early in the novel, Scout illustrates the courage she embodies.  On her first day of school, Scout acts as an ambassador for the entire class.  She takes the

Many great teachers are not always the average English teacher, coaches, or counselors, but the ones outside of school. Often, people become great teachers by just giving lessons that impacts the receiver’s life later on. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout, the narrator, lives with her father and brother in Maycomb County. Scout and her brother, Jem, constantly try to find activities to do as the years pass. During the years, Scout experiences a couple of terrible events

between the races. This is shown visually in the trial scene, when the black people all have to sit in the gallery while the whites congregate below them” (“To Kill A Mockingbird.” Novels for Students, edited by Sara Constantakis). In the novel, Calpurnia (an African American housekeeper) takes Scout and Jem (a white brother and sister) to an all black church and is criticized by the church congregation because of the

Lula confronts Scout and Jem’s cook named Calpurnia who is African-American. Calpurnia brings Scout and Jem to her church that consists of only African-Americans. When Lula starts talking to Calpurnia, she says that, “you ain’t got business bringin’ white chillun here- they got their church, we got our’n. It’s our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?” (Lee 158). In the quote from

has, grow throughout the story and are an important key factor since if she didn’t she wouldn’t have had a lot of other experiences. Last but not least, Scout has had substantial growth when she goes to church with Calpurnia. Scout notices a whole new side of people, including Calpurnia

advice Calpurnia gave Scout? Did she spill? Calpurnia told Scout to not look at it and she won’t spill it. She hadn’t spilled it. 5. Why did Aunt Alexandra tell Scout to stay? Aunt Alexandra told Scout to stay because this way she can teach her how to be a lady. Chapter 25 1. Why couldn’t Atticus give Jem and Dill a ride home when he saw them in the road? How was Jem successful of going? Atticus couldn’t give Jem and Dill a ride home when he saw them in the road because he and Calpurnia were on