To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia Quotes

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about two children, Scout and Jem, who live in a small, rural town in Maycomb, Alabama. The whole town is facing very hard times due to the Great Depression. Atticus, their father, is defending a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of raping the antagonists daughter, Mayella Ewell. Calpurnia, a domestic servant to their family, teaches Scout to become more mature and how to dress like a young lady. Scout and her brother Jem learn a lot about racism by observing how white people treat black people so differently. They learn that everyone is going through very

They learn a lot about Calpurnia and how she acts differently around certain people. Scout said, “The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcomed us as we entered the churchyard” (Lee 118). Scout and Jem both felt welcomed as they entered the church as if it wasn’t anything like their church. Scout stated, ¨It was an ancient paint-peeled framed building¨ (Lee 118). When Scout and Jem both entered the church they felt respected and welcomed. Scout explained, ¨It was a happy cemetery¨(Lee 118). Scout describes the church as a happy place because it is filled with bright colors and

Jem didn't want to spend so much time with Scout anymore. Jem asks Calpurnia, ¨So, that's why you don't talk like the rest of them?¨ (Lee 125). Calpurnia didn't want to talk like the rest of the people at the church because she didn't want to feel out of place by telling everyone what to do. Jem says, ¨…why do you talk nigger-talk?¨ (Lee 125). At the church Calpurnia talks quietly and listens to people. She is different at church than when she´s home. Jem responds, ¨rest of the colored folks. Cal, but you talk like they did in church¨ (Lee 167). Jem was describing how Cal was polite to the church and talked nicely to the