Preview

Calpurnia A Good Mother Figure

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
296 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Calpurnia A Good Mother Figure
Mother figures aren’t always related to you but, that doesn’t mean they’re any less a mother to you. Mother figures could be you nanny a stepmom aunt it could be anyone your extremely close too. That’s why I think Calpurnia is a better mother figure to the kids than aunt Alexandria. Calpurnia teaches them life lessons like she teaches the kids manners and how to cook she explains so they will know for the future. She also teaches them to be respectful like when she scolded scout for saying all those mean words to Walter Cunningham. Calpurnia also disciplines the children if they do wrong. Not in a hard way but its still a punishment. She doesn’t do it out of hate but out of love because she wants to do right by them because they don’t have

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Calpurnia is the woman we all see as the mother figure at the Finches house. At the beginning of the book the narrator (scout) shows off Calpurnia as a strict but caring woman, who was always there for the kids. As we get to the point of her confrontation with Lula, we learn more about the character. Harper lee uses dialogue to portray Calpurnia with a split personality and also not being prejudiced.…

    • 378 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Calpurnia is very respectful towards Atticus and his kids. For instance, she calls Jem Mister and always shows kindness towards Atticus. In contrast, Alexandra tries to tell Atticus how to raise his children and run the house. In the text it states, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire.” (81). This shows how she wants to raise the children differently than Atticus has. Furthermore, Calpurnia and Alexandra have similar character traits because they both believe a child should grow up with limits. For instance, Calpurnia raised the children to listen to what she and Atticus tell them as well as Alexandra while she stays with the Finch family. Their character traits are one way to compare and contrast Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra.…

    • 640 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mom has blonde hair and round glasses. Mom is “laid-back” and tries to keep the peace between the kids. She does not start any drama in the story, but she does try to keep Will, Amara, and Raina in a positive mood.…

    • 460 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    She taught me all the good ethics I know and I am glad she did, otherwise I would end up like Biff. Yes, neither my mother or Willy are perfect. They are contradictive, they get mad easily, they push their own values and beliefs down our throats, and they only care about what they want. I think that lack of understanding each other leads to a wedge in the relationship. Communicating is the best chance of staying together and living the American…

    • 1311 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mothers are very important to every living person on this earth. They nurture, educate, and enthrall pupils from birth well into their adult life. According to many psychologists, women are born with nurturing tendencies that are used throughout the rest of our lives. Regardless of monetary and social status, a mother is someone caring and loving. In both ROOM and The Glass Castle, the mothers are nurturing and loving regardless of both above statuses. They also share resilience, creativity, and a dependency on others that can be at times overwhelming.…

    • 756 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    She always thinks that it is her responsibility to take a good care towards the children. She never omits the children and let them without any supervision. As the evidence, “I don’t want anybody sayin’ I don’t look after my children.” Besides, she always advises the children to behave in a good manner. As example, she asked Scout to respect Walter Cunningham when they are having dinner with him. For instance, “Hush your mouth! Don’t matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny, and don’t you let me catch you remarking’ on their ways like you was so high and mighty!” Other than that, she is also a strict person. For example, “She tried to bring them up according to her lights, and Cal’s lights are pretty good-and another thing, the children love her.” However, the children feel comfortable with her even though they have to obey her…

    • 665 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Frani: Devoted Mother

    • 236 Words
    • 1 Page

    Franiana Sanchez Bencosme “Frani” 79, peacefully passed away on June 29, 2075, at her childhood home in Dominican Republic. She was born December 21st 1996 in the small town of Moca, Dominican Republic. Frani was the beloved wife and best friend of her only love of 57 years Alan Rivera. Devoted mother of Alanna Rivera and Ian Rivera. Dear daughter of Iliana Bencosme and Francisco Sanchez. Frani founded the first nursing home at her home town after living 65 years in New York and then returning to grant her last wish. She was the president and the founder of the “Casa Hogar Teresita” named after her grandmother. Frani will forever be remember as a very strict jet kindly person whose attitudes could change the day of everyone around her. Frani’s…

    • 236 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Family and Jeannette

    • 812 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Rose Mary Walls-She is the selfish mother of the family. She also loves her family but only after her own needs are met.…

    • 812 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    were making connections that only parents can do. They both inflicted fundamental influence on the children. Atticus and Calpurnia were both essential characters…

    • 726 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The mother figure is an archetype for example. In literature, the mother figure will typically be someone who guides or directs a child. In the stepmother role, this is someone who isn’t very kind to their stepchild. The stepmother is an archetype that we see very frequently, especially in fairy tales. In Enchanted, Giselle is sent to New York by her evil stepmother, Queen Narissa. The stepmother in fairy tales is typically always evil. In Cinderella, she is treated as a slave by her evil stepmother. Or the classic Evil Queen from Snow White. The Evil Queen sends out for somebody to rip out Snow White’s heart. These aren’t exactly “loving” acts, which is why they fit into the stepmother…

    • 911 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Calpurnia

    • 580 Words
    • 2 Pages

    She also teaches (through her actions and Atticus' respect) the Finch children that skin color does not matter. Scout witness the difference between black and white in Chapter 16 when Atticus and Aunt Alexandra disagree about speaking openly in front of the "colored" help.Calpurnia teaches Scout many of the same lessons. Since Atticus sees Calpurnia as a member of the family, she is allowed to freely scold and lecture Scout if need be. Cal teaches Scout about treating people with respect and taking time to understand others. Scout watched Cal and even sees that being a girl isn't such a bad thing. Cal, despite being black and the Finch's cook, becomes a kind of mother to Scout in many ways.…

    • 580 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    She worked hard as a single parent and was more of the family's "father figure". She could milk cows and “kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man” (25). She protects one child with special needs and sends another one off into the world. It is often said that "a mother's love is unconditional." However, Mama sees the limitations of both of her daughters and is brutally honest in describing them, admittedly with her own bias. (MAYBE ADD A QUOTE HERE?) If this were not Mama's story and instead was told through the lens of either daughter, it would be so completely hate-filled that it would be an even less accurate portrayal of the dynamics among the three…

    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Glass Castle Monologue

    • 1566 Words
    • 7 Pages

    When they were married, they went out and partied leaving my brother, Logan and me with babysitters. I have much respect for my mother because of all that she has done for me and my two siblings. We never had a lot of money when she was single, yet She always provided for us. “Putting food on the table isn’t difficult if that's what you want to do.” (The Glass Castle) After my parents got divorced, she met a new guy named Rodney. He is like a father to my brother and me. He helped raise us since I was in Kindergarten. He works construction, so he wasn’t around that much during the summer days, nor was my mom. She was the bartender at the Walnut Saloon and started going through whatever issues she had. This place is a real dive, and the boss would sexually harass her and all the other women that worked there. She started disappearing for days on end, and no one would know where she was. Logan and I would be home alone all day while Rodney was at work. She wouldn’t answer her phone, or call to check on us. This is why I never got along with her when I was younger. I felt like she had failed me, and she wasn’t even a parent. Logan and I started disobeying her because how could you listen to someone who was never around to help you? Rodney helped us do our homework, cooked for us, and left us money to get something to eat for the day. I learned to be self-sufficient earlier than what he did. I basically raised myself when Rodney wasn’t around. Oddly enough, though, I wouldn’t change my childhood for…

    • 1566 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Bryson, J., and Crosby, B., 1992, Leadership for the Common Good: Tackling public problems in a shared power world, Jossey Bass.…

    • 4173 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Prayers in Schools

    • 934 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Well I have a very strong relationship with my dad’s mom. My mom’s mom left and turned against my family because of something personal that happened in the past. My grandma heil has always been there for my mom and me and my sisters and my dad and even our family friends! She has great advice and is such a nice woman. A couple years ago she was on the phone with my uncle and she had a brain aneurism and collapsed while she was on the phone. She got shipped to Winnipeg…

    • 934 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays