Aunt Alexandra is a poised, well-mannered, Southern woman. She also believes a lady should have an understanding of her heritage and not participate in physical activities. She is happy to see Scout, who has succeeded in not spilling the coffee pot. While Alexandra seemed to be extremely bigoted, going by her comments about Atticus, she appears to have changed when the conversation at the missionary circle gets heated.
She is also portrayed as a no-nonsense woman, who seems to lack compassion and warmth. Aunt Alexandra, as Scout notes, fits perfectly into Maycomb society. Her prim and proper notions about how ladies ought to behave makes for much comedy between her and the rebellious, overall-wearing, tomboyish Scout. She is an imposing figure, and Scout describes her as being like Mt. What does Aunt Alexandra believe about social class?
Anybody can be a good person. Nobody is truly good. When she moves in with Atticus and the children, she tries to get them to acknowledge their family history, particularly with respect to their social position.
Atticus is very liberal and honest with Jem and Scout. Some of the qualities Scout learns from Aunt Alexandria are arguably good and represent the more positive aspects of these social norms. For example, she is a skilled and gracious host. In seeking to impart this condition to Jem and Scout, Aunt Alexandra can be seen as a conformist force in the family. At first, Scout dislikes her Aunt Alexandra.
Aunt Alexandra is a cold woman who does not seem to understand how to deal with children. Worst of all for Scout, Aunt Alexandra wants to make her into a lady. When Aunt Alexandra expresses sympathy for Atticus at the news of Tom Robinson's death, detaching herself from the hypocritical Missionary Society meeting, Scout is suddenly able to appreciate the dignity of her aunt's behaviour.
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Chapter 9. Uncle Jack visits for a week. Scout finds Francis to be extremely boring and a tattletale. He relays everything to Aunt Alexandra , who passes everything onto Atticus. Atticus only ever got sharp with Aunt Alexandra once When Aunt Alexandra appears, Francis whines that Scout cornered him.
Francis kicks around the yard, gloating, and repeats Chapter She looks first at the Radley porch, but then sees Aunt Alexandra on their porch. Aunt Alexandra tells Calpurnia to take her suitcase upstairs. Jem takes it and Aunt Alexandra tells Scout Maycomb welcomes Aunt Alexandra. Scout explains that, to a degree, Aunt Alexandra is right: Maycomb is an old town that became the county seat despite being an Before bed, Atticus finds Scout and Jem.
Scout asks Atticus if she Upstairs, Jem gravely asks Scout to not annoy Aunt Alexandra. This angers Scout, but Jem insists that they need to think about how preoccupied She allows him to stay.
Aunt Alexandra sends the children to bed and since things seem okay, Scout and Dill decide to Scout walks Dill home and returns to find evidence of a fight between Aunt Alexandra and Atticus. She consults Jem, who shares that Aunt Alexandra thinks Atticus is disgracing the
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