To Kill A Mockingbird Mother Figure Quotes

Title: UNKNOWN In a family there usually is a mother figure and a father figure but not all families have a mother or father figure. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written in the twentieth century about the 1930s. This novel talks about how racist a small town can be. The novel is told through the eyes of a young girl, Scout as she matures, but growing up her brother Jem has no mother figure. Therefore, To Kill a Mockingbird shows that there is three women, Calpurnia, Miss. Maudie and Aunt Alexandra. They all fulfill the symbolic mother figure role for Scout and Jem. This is illustrated when Calpurnia, Miss.Maudie and Aunt Alexandra provide their love, support, and advice for the children.

Firstly, the first women that symbolizes as a mother figure

Maudie, one of their neighbors. Miss Maudie gives the children her advice and love. Scout goes to Miss. Maudie to ask about her father’s quote that he says to Jem, “‘your father’s right...Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy’” (Lee 119). This is significant because Scout goes to Miss.Maudie for clarification and advice of understanding the quote. Scout looks up to Miss. Maudie because she has a connection and is closer to Miss. Maudie.Miss. Maudie also provides the children with her love. Both Jem and Scout hang out with Miss.Maudie. All the grown up ladies, especially Stephanie Crawford she teases Scout about her wardrobe and Miss. Maudie helps Scout answer, “‘Miss.Maudie’s hand closed tightly on mine, and I said nothing. Its warmth was enough’” (Lee 308). This is significant because she stands up for Scout and defends her against Stephanie Crawford. This illustrates that Miss.Maudie is a mother figure through her love because she thinks Scout does not deserve to be treated like that.Miss Maudie provides the children, more likely Scout with advice and love through a mother