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Explanation and Analysis:. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 9. Uncle Jack visits for a week. Scout finds Francis to be extremely boring and a tattletale. He relays everything to Aunt Alexandra , who passes everything onto Atticus. Atticus only ever got sharp with Aunt Alexandra once When Aunt Alexandra appears, Francis whines that Scout cornered him.
Francis kicks around the yard, gloating, and repeats Her prim and proper notions about how ladies ought to behave makes for much comedy between her and the rebellious, overall-wearing, tomboyish Scout.
She is an imposing figure, and Scout describes her as being like Mt. What does Aunt Alexandra believe about social class? Anybody can be a good person. Nobody is truly good. When she moves in with Atticus and the children, she tries to get them to acknowledge their family history, particularly with respect to their social position.
Atticus is very liberal and honest with Jem and Scout. Some of the qualities Scout learns from Aunt Alexandria are arguably good and represent the more positive aspects of these social norms. For example, she is a skilled and gracious host.
In seeking to impart this condition to Jem and Scout, Aunt Alexandra can be seen as a conformist force in the family. At first, Scout dislikes her Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra is a cold woman who does not seem to understand how to deal with children. Worst of all for Scout, Aunt Alexandra wants to make her into a lady. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search.
Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis May 16, What does aunt Alexandra think the Finch family symbolizes? What specific stereotype does aunt Alexandra seem to represent? Why does Aunt Alexandra represent for scout the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary?
Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to be more lady-like and thinks that because she is a Finch, she should start acting like it. Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to become a woman of society and Atticus is not raising her that way.
Scout describes Aunt Alexandra as a solid looking woman, who wears clothes that pinch her waist and lift her bosom. She views the Cunningham family as beneath them and forbids Scout from playing with Walter despite the fact that he is a well-behaved child.
Jem is considered a traitor because he told Atticus about Dill running away from home. This is because she was upset that the mob was talking to Atticus when Atticus already told them that what they want is not in that jailhouse. As was mentioned in the previous post, Mr. Underwood voiced his opinion in the editorial section of his paper The Maycomb Tribune.
He is ashamed of the injustice that happened to him.
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