Throughout the book ¨The Overachievers:The Secret Lives of Driven Kids‚¨ Alexandra Robbins develops the theme of competition between the students at Whitman High School and the students she individually observed. The Journalist Alexandra Robbins returns to Whitman‚ where she attended her high school years to follow a few of Whitman’s upperclassmen and journal about their experiences in high school towards achieving admissions to top elite colleges and universities.The students she follows around
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Maudie‚ both of them independent women. Scout is soon critized for not being the ‘perfect little girl’ like her Aunt Alexandra wants her to be. Aunt Alexandra is almost ashamed of Scout when she doesn’t want to wear dresses or act like a girl‚ especially when her missionary circle of traditional Southern women see her. Scout doesn’t know how she’s meant to act she has Aunt Alexandra forcing her to wear dresses but Jem telling her to stop acting to ‘like a girl’‚ when she plays with Jem and Dill if
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When Scout asks Aunt Alexandra is she can play with Walter Cunningham‚ who comes from a poor family‚ Alexandra denies the request “[b]ecause―he―is―trash” (Lee 301‚ ch. 23). The Cunninghams have good character‚ and Alexandra knows this. The only reason why she forbids Scout from playing with him is because he is of a lower class. These social rules are rigid and limit the
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stood out the most. Naturalistic in philosophy means an idea or belief that only natural (as opposed to supernatural or spiritual) laws and forces operate in the world. “All at once‚ in a single day‚ I lose everything; And I don’t know why” said Alexandra. The quote shows Naturalistic by stating everything getting taken
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happened to John Bergeson‚ who passed away. Most would have expected John to give all of his land to his sons‚ which he put majority of his life into. He often said to himself that Alexandra was like her grandfather‚ which was his way of saying that she was intelligent." which leads to him giving everything he worked for to Alexandra. He also states when talking to all of his children‚ "I want you to keep the land together and to be guided by your sister. I have talked to her since I have been sick‚ and
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Finch’s Landing where Atticus’s sister Alexandra‚ and her husband live. There‚ Scout meets Francis‚ Alexandra’s grandson. Scout thinks Francis is the most boring child she has ever met. She also has to put up with the fancy and clean Alexandra‚ who says that Scout should dress like a lady instead of wearing pants. On one night‚ Francis tells Scout that Dill is a runt and then calls Atticus a “nigger-lover.” Scout curses him and beats him up. Francis tells Alexandra and Uncle Jack that Scout hit him‚
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through the treatment of the Cunninghams and the Ewells. The wealthy white people treat the poor whites with contempt. This is clear when Scout asks to spend more time with Walter Cunningham‚ a member of one of the poorest families in town. Aunt Alexandra refuses to let her niece interact with someone of such low status and forbids Scout to have him as her friend. Further‚ the Ewells have the lowest status of everyone in the town because they are poor; as a result‚ they are social outcasts in the
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ideas and haughty ways.’" Even though it is a black church‚ most of the congregation welcomes the white children. This identifies with line 10 of "Two Worlds." "It’s The End Of The World As We Know It" DC Talk p. 127‚ 131-132 When Aunt Alexandra says‚ "Your father and I decided it was time I came to stay with you for a while‚’" Scout
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blacks were facing during this time. The racial tension in the 1930s was so serious that even when blacks did do well‚ they were still mocked. An example is when Aunt Alexandra said‚ “Jem ’s growing up now and you are too. We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence.” Calpurnia was a female however Aunt Alexandra still over-looked this‚ because of her race. People were so biased and misguided that it didn ’t matter how good a job a black person did. Since there was such strong
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Stereotypes are labels put on people that are often harmful and almost always based on a trait that person has that they can’t control‚ usually relating to appearance. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The three biggest stereotypes that characters face are the stereotype of women‚ poor white families‚ and of course‚ people of color‚ particularly males. In the past‚ having a complete list of what a female should look like and act like was common. Women and even little girls were expected
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