Cunninghams are discriminated against. "The thing is‚ 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." Aunt Alexandra explains to Scout on page 224. Aunt Alexandra does not want Scout associating with Walter Cunningham simply because of his class. Aunt Alexandra is discriminating against the Cunninghams because they are below the Finches on the social strata. Probably the most prominent prejudice in the novel is the racial prejudice
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African-Americans appears when Scout’s aunt‚ Alexandra‚ does not allow her and Jem to go with Calpurnia to her church. “You may not” (136).In making this comment‚ we can infer that Aunt Alexandra does not want her family being associated with African-Americans. Aunt Alexandra’s comment may be suggesting that because white people treat black people in such unfriendly ways‚ & because they would often link black people with being mannerless & uneducated‚ two things that Aunt Alexandra despises‚ many families would
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Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird‚ many characters are looked down upon‚ as they differ from Maycomb’s norms. In the novel‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ Atticus’s’ sister‚ continuously scolds Scout‚ as she is not dressed as a “proper” lady. “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 that I wasn’t suppose to be doing things
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To Kill a Mockingbird Growing up and loss of innocence is a prominent theme represented in Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. As Scout and Jem mature throughout their childhood‚ they learn how cruel the world can be in different ways. Due to the circumstances of living in Maycomb‚ the children are immensely exposed to racism. Scout and Jem’s loss of innocence was also caused by the discrimination and inequity in their town. Lastly‚ a strong reason why the children were forced to mature was
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right with one of the people that she beat up and tries to have him over sometime after school. Another way that Scout dynamically changes throughout the book is her attitude towards Aunt Alexandra. Scout detested how her aunt was always trying to change her ways to grow up into the lady that Aunt Alexandra wanted her to be. Throughout the course of the novel she stops complaining about spending time with her aunt and starts acting more like a lady without realizing it. Thanks to Atticus’s
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In To Kill a Mocking Bird there are two characters that are parental figures to Jem and Scout‚ these parental figures are there Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia. When Calpurnia is mentioned in the book she is a clear mother like character. Calpurnia is someone Scout naturally looks up to her for examples of how she is obligated to grow up. Scout even comes out and says how Calpurnia has curtain skills she is interested in and learning from Calpurnia. Calpurnia is a character that is present in times
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to tolerate a barrage of racial slurs and insults because of Atticus’ role in the trial. During this time‚ Scout has a very difficult time restraining from physically fighting with other children‚ a tendency that gets her in trouble with her Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack. Even Jem‚ the older and more levelheaded of the two‚ loses his temper a time or two. After
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the dog’s experience in the world is like. “Thirty-five years ago‚ the philosopher Thomas Nagel began a long-running conversation in science and philosophy about the subjective experience of animals when he asked‚ ‘What is it like to be a bat?’(Alexandra Horowitz)” He did a whole bunch of research about a bat and found out what it really is like to be a bat. He then used his research about what it’s like to be a bat for finding out what it’s like to be a dog. What they got for information was they
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Alexandra Watson ! Oberle‚ I only sent what I would like you to review. I am fairly confident in the rest of the paper‚ but am I at least on the right track here? ! There were a multitude of changes occurring in post-bellum United States. The next decade‚ starting in 1920‚ was one of improvement and growth. New technology was springing up and life was profitable during the post war economy boom. However not everyone could be pleased with this shift into modern practices. The 1920s
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old Tim Johnson. Furthermore‚ Atticus was gone and he didn’t want to leave the children home alone‚ so Calpurnia brought them to church. When they went to church‚ the children saw a different side of Calpurnia. After getting back from church‚ Aunt Alexandra arrived to live with Atticus for several years for “feminine influence.” Scout said that she loved this arrangement even though she secretly hated
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