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What Is Alexandra's Maturity In To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Be a Lady Harper Lee once stated that “It’s better to be silent than to be a fool,” In chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, she uses setting and plot to show that maturity comes from keeping calm under pressure. Aunt Alexandra shows Scout the need to stay calm in any circumstances and how there are times, like when the women of the town were gathered at her house, it is sometimes better to just keep your mouth shut and put a smile on your face. First off, the setting of Atticus’ home shows that Miss Merriweather, despite what she says, has no real respect for Atticus. She proves this lack of respect when, while in his own home, she says, “Now far be it from me to say who, but some of ‘em in this town thought they were doing the right thing a while back, but all they did …show more content…

This new development proves Alexandra’s maturity even further. She had already had a stressful afternoon between preparing for the woman’s tea, sitting through Miss Merriweather’s thoughtless comments, finally she found out about Tom’s death. For many, this would push them over the edge, but Alexandra managed to stay calm and showed no hesitance in doing her duty. Even though Alexandra had showed animosity towards Tom and all other colored people, she felt remorse after his death. Not only because of her own feelings, but also because she understood how this would impact her brother, Atticus. She knew how Atticus felt about how whites treated blacks, as well as how this would affect him. However, she also had her own feelings toward this subject. Towards the end of the book, she realized that the way that the people of Maycomb County treated blacks was not right, and Tom’s death proved this point to her even further. Despite all of the emotional circumstances, she still managed to go into the livingroom where all of the ladies were gathered, with a smile on her face, serving them

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Aunt Alexandra, teaches Scout, what a lady is and when it is the appropriate time to be strong and have an opinion and what the family roots are. Aunt alexandra, found out Tom, died while she was attending the missionary circle. “If aunty could be a lady at a time like this,so could I.”(Lee,237)Scout, now understands that sometimes being a lady and understanding the proper etiquette of one at times like that is extremely useful. Alexandra, acting strong proved to Scout, that being a lady is

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Some people isn’t as bad as they seem “You shouldn't judge people by what chapter you walk in on.” In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows or tells the story of scout and Jem Finch growing up in a small southern town called Maycomb. In this book the protagonist Scout goes through many of coming of ages experiences. Some of the important scenes where Scout matures up is on her first day of school, walking from a fight, and encountering Boo Radley or Aurther Radley.

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Though many people acted stuck up and snooty in To Kill a Mockingbird, the character of Atticus, Calpurnia and Miss Maddie showed great humility. To begin with, Atticus displayed humility in every aspect of his life. Harper Lee portrayed Atticus with great wisdom, strength and courage yet he modestly kept these things to himself so that his children sometimes saw him as weak or old. He did not like to show off and tried to teach his kids this lesson in their lives. In one part of the story, just before Mr. Tate told Jem and Scout how great their father was, Atticus says, “Hush Heck, let’s go back to town” (129).

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In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, written by Harper Lee, things can change in the blink of an eye. It can go from a peaceful taciturn summer morning to all hell broken loose. And for Aunt Alexandra, change comes extremely faster then anyone would ever expect. She would be one of the most imprudent and disrespectful person anyone would know to a caring, respected person who wouldn't despise anyone by their skin or gender.

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Jean Louise Finch ‘Scout’ is a headstrong young girl who narrates the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, set in the fictitious County Maycomb over the span of three years. She is often found sporting dirty overalls or breeches and possesses a rather tomboyish personality, much to her aunt’s dismay. It says, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire... When I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. ”(Page 90)

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