Calpurnia is originally just a cook and somebody to help take care of the kids in the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird, but as the book continues she grows a relationship with the kids and takes on a motherly role for them. “Calpurnia bent down to kiss me”. Lee -. Calpurnia is now seen as a mother figure throughout the novel, she constructively criticizes Scout and Jem and assists the kids and to substantiate that they learn from their mistakes. Towards the end of To kill a Mockingbird, Calpurnia seems to have less condensation which can show that Scout and Jem are growing up and are both having a coming-to-age moment. Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout, but while they were related by blood, they weren’t always so close. “Jem and I found our father satisfactory” (Lee), they do not realize that they have a good father to begin …show more content…
Even though he was forced to defend Tom, he still willingly defended Tom with effort. Atticus knew that people would taunt Scout for her father defending a black man in court, so he tells her “No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat” (Lee). Atticus tells Scout this because he is a well-mannered man and wants to pass this on to his children. He wants them to grow up not acting off of emotion and being reckless. Atticus says “Just hold your head high and keep those fists down” (Lee), because he already knows that Scout has had issues with violence in the past. When the school year had just started, Scout had already got into a fight because Walter Cunningham had apparently gotten her started off on the wrong foot. Though in fact it wasn’t Walter’s fault that Scout got off on the wrong foot with Miss Caroline, it was just a misunderstanding. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Lee), wise words from Atticus, a father of two and lawyer. Scout has a conflict with her teacher, Miss