Who Is Aunt Alexandra's Character In To Kill A Mockingbird

The character I chose was Aunt Alexandra from “To Kill A Mockingbird” because she is a character with a strong personality and stands by her opinions even if they're wrong. A little background about her in the book, she was the older sister of Atticus but not like him at all. She was a racist person and was disappointed at her brother for supporting the black man in the trial, no matter how noble his actions may have been. She's very intent on Scout being the ideal female girl in that time period even though in our minds, Scout is probably a very clever and brave girl. What seems to irk her the most is the way she dresses as in the book it states, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches, when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to do things that required pants.

Anything Scout wants to do that she feels should not be “done by Finches” is immediately followed by a firm no. She believes that the Finches were destined to be superior than everyone else and uses that to help her beat Scout into line although whether it worked or not can be decided by us. Lee uses the contrast between Atticus and Aunt Alexandra to further show the topic of tolerance throughout the book. Aunt Alexandra is very poised and the ideal representation of southern women at that time and if we had such a bad perception of her, imagine living in a society of people filled with people like her. She loves to have control over everything and is very proud and