Symbols In To Kill A Mockingbird

Now and then we feel not accepted or feel different than our peers but we learn to love ourselves and all the unique characteristics about us. In the fiction narrative To Kill a Mockingbird written in Maycomb, Alabama around the 1930’s authored by Harper Lee, Scout learns a lot about herself and Aunt Alexandra. In chapter 13 we can clearly see where Scout begins to mature. Aunt Alexandra represents the white privileged society, her erratic opinions coerced Scout to learn that not everyone will accept her differences. Alexandra and Scout bumped heads often because Scout was not meeting the Finch’s reputation.

Behind the words of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper has left us several examples of symbol. Around the time this book was written a “privileged society” existed in this case it was the Anglos.“Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand to a glove.” (Scout 175) Alexandra symbolized this society because of her judgmental opinions against Scout.”Aunt Alexandra managed to smile in a way that conveyed a gentle apology to cousin Lily and firm disapproval of me.” Scout is different from most 7-9 year olds in Maycomb, because of that she was thriving to change Scout into a lady. Going off this we can see why symbol is a literary element in this book.

“I had an idea however that Aunt Alexandra’s appearance on the scene was not so much as Atticus’s doing as hers” (Scout 171) What gave impulse to the conflict was Alexandra attempted to change Scout, She would invite her to dress up and have a tea with her cousins. She also felt it was necessary for Jem and Scout to increment family pride “your cousin wrote this said Aunt Alexandra he was a beautiful character” (Alexandra 176) She flaunted the book their cousin had wrote but Jem and Scout were not impressed.The conflict in chapter 13 all grew from Alexandra's