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Dialectical Journal For To Kill A Mockingbird

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Raina Ruff Due Date: Wednesday Nov. 2 Journal 3 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. The book is about two kids and their dad who live in a small town in the mid 1930’s. They get into all kinds of trouble but are learning along the way. In this journal I will be evaluating and questioning. G Calpurnia is a better mother figure than aunt Alexandria Y Calpurnia is a good mother figure R cal comforts scout when jem doesn’t want to be with her (pg.154) R she cleans them very well before she takes them to church, calls them her kids (pg. 156) R sticks up for the kids at church Y Aunt Alexandria is not a good mother figure R she never fitted into jem or scouts life. (pg. 175) R lies to her father about liking her being there R aunty gets embarrassed when her friends see scout G Calpurnia is a better mother than Aunt Alexandria. …show more content…

Calpurnia is a good mother figure. When Jem does not want to play with Scout anymore, Cal comforts her and says she can spend time with her. She keeps them clean and cares about them. Before Cal took them to her church she made them “soap all over twice and drew fresh water in the tub for every rinse” (Lee, 156). She even says “I don’t anyone sayin’ I don’t look after my children” (Lee, 157). Aunt Alexandria is not a good mother figure. Scout says “Aunt Alexandria fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me” (Lee, 175). The kids dislike her they even lie to their father saying they would enjoy aunty coming to stay with them. Aunty would try to make Scout more “lady-like”. Every time she invited Scout to say hello to her friends “Aunty would look as if she regretted her request” (Lee, 176). Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt

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