how does aunt alexandra Spend her days in maycomb
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- Making the world better, one answer at a time. Aunt Alexandra spends much of her time discussing the characteristics of the various families in Maycomb.o it is understandable that Jem & Scout didn't like her. Aunt Alexandra always wanted the kids to do things they didnt want to do. Like-Scout liked the fact that she is a tom boy and all Alexandra ever wanted to do was to change her into a proper young lady.
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- 1 Flashback: Scout's Uncle Jack has a history of flirting with Miss Maudie, though in a joking way. 2  Miss Maudie tells Scout more about the Radleys, including that old Mr. Radley (Boo's father) was a foot-washing Baptist (5.27), which is apparently much more hardcore than just regular Baptists. NEXT. 2  Scout convinces Jem to back off on the Radley game, and then Dill asks Scout to marry him. ( 3 Hey, it is the South 4  .). Despite this moment of passion, the boys spend most of their time together and neglect Scout. 5  So, Scout spends her time hanging out with Miss Maudie Atkinson, a usually stand-off-ish old lady.
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- Though she is ignorant and is hurting Tom Robinson without just cause, she is a victim of her surrounding, her family, and her education (or lack thereof). Scout notices that Mayella tried to look nice for the trial, and the geraniums outside the Ewell house symbolize Mayella's desire to fit in with the town.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Analysis of Major Characters. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch-The narrator and protagonist of the story. Scout lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb. She is intelligent and, by the standards of her time and place, a tomboy.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Meanwhile, the news occupies Maycomb’s attention for about two days, and everyone agrees that it is typical for a black man to do something irrational like try to escape. Mr. Underwood writes a long editorial condemning Tom’s death as the murder of an innocent man.
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- December 10, 2012 at 8:36 AM. SG 2.) Aunt Alexandra is Scout and Jem's Aunt, as well as Atticus' sister. She is not a large women, but sturdy. She is constantly obsessing over her social status and wishes that the family would portray themselves as more orthodox, or proper. She fits into Maycomb for a number of reasons.She enjoys gossiping and is a member of many women's clubs. Often, the ladies of Maycomb will meet in Scout and Jem's house with Aunt Alexandria.She is a perfect example of a Maycomb lady.tticus and Aunt Alexandria both thought it would be a good idea for her to join them for a while as a well formed woman figure. Scout having only one lady figure to look up to, Calpurnia, was not an ideal figure to the town to look up to. Scout was a tom-boy.
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Maudie Atkinson When Aunt Alexandra is depressed and bitter over the townspeople's leaving Atticus to do the right thing all by his lonesome, Miss Maudie speaks up for the small group of like-minded people in Maycomb.
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- In the book To Kill a Mocking bird Calpurnia is Atticus' housekeeper. She is a black woman who has strong ties with her church and community. She has always been in the children's lives.She is like a surrogate mother to the children, Jem and Scout.Scout, Atticus' daughter and Calpurnia tend to argue a lot.Scout is more impudent than Jem.n the book To Kill a Mocking bird Calpurnia is Atticus' housekeeper. She is a black woman who has strong ties with her church and community. She has always been in the children's lives.
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- Posted on. (Answer #1). Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with Atticus and the Finch children because of the Tom Robinson trial for the most part. Atticus will be very busy during the trial and won't have time to take care of the kids even with Calpurnia's help.Answer #1). Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with Atticus and the Finch children because of the Tom Robinson trial for the most part. Atticus will be very busy during the trial and won't have time to take care of the kids even with Calpurnia's help.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary: Chapter VII. Douglass lives in Hugh Auld’s household for about seven years. During this time, he is able to learn how to read and write, though Mrs. Auld is hardened and no longer tutors him. Slavery hurts Mrs. Auld as much as it hurts Douglass himself. The mentality of slavery strips her of her inherent piety and sympathy for others, making her hardened and cruel.
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- I used to watch it after school and she was my TV aunt. The best episode was when Otis had to do his time at Andy's house with Aunt Bee as the Warden.
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- October 1, 2012 at 4:09 PM. Aunt Alexandra may have a good amount of unwanted control over the children's lives-but her help is necessary. Aunt Alexandra, despite her many faults that Scout can happily point out, is family, and she does what she believes best for the children.
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"What Is Learned About the Character of Mrs. Dubose in ""To Kill a Mockingbird""?" In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee tells the story of Atticus Finch, a widowed attorney, and his children, Scout and Jem, who live in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Grumpy old Mrs. Dubose lives down the street. Mrs. Dubose illustrates the novel’s theme -- people aren’t always what they seem.
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Dayanara Diaz As a child, Aleida sent Daya to a summer camp for inner city children. Daya cried for her mother to let her come back home with her. The camp lasted a month, and Aleida intended to use that month to party and cater to her own needs.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Posted on. (Answer #1). Atticus is appointed by the court to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability.
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To Kill A Mockingbird? 1 School is cancelled, so Jem and Scout set out to make a snowman, though they don't really know how and there isn't much snow. 2  That night, it's freezing. 3  Atticus wakes Scout in the middle of the night because Miss Maudie's house—next door to the Finches'—is on fire.
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- Miss. Maudie tells Scout the truth about Boo Radley. She explains how Boo got in trouble with some teenagers and, in a plea bargain with the judge, was locked up in his father's house for pretty much eternity.She explains how Boo had stabbed his father in the leg with scissors.This differs from Scout's understanding that Boo is a freak who eats squirrels and stalks children. Miss. Maudie helps Scout understand that Boo is a human being with a sad past.he explains how Boo got in trouble with some teenagers and, in a plea bargain with the judge, was locked up in his father's house for pretty much eternity. She explains how Boo had stabbed his father in the leg with scissors.
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Chapters 10-11 Jem and Mrs. Dubose sora cho said... Jem was angry when Mrs. Dubose had insulted Atticus, since he respected his father a lot. He took Scout's new baton and started hitting the flowers of her. His punishment was to read to her for one month, since she could not read. He did this all the days for 1-2 hours.
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow As a child, Rose O'Neal Greenhow was orphaned, and went to Washington D.C. to live with her aunt, in the stylish boarding house and private school her aunt ran in the Old Capitol building. Rose was very well liked in Washington society.ose O'Neal Greenhow was able to use her powerful social connections in Washington to gather valuable information. Some of the things she learned proved to be of use to the Confederate leadership.
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- 1 Scout asks Aunt Alexandra if she's come for a visit, and aunty says that she and Atticus have decided that it's best if she stays with them for a while, as Scout needs some feminine influence (13.10). 2  Scout does not agree with this, but keeps quiet about it.o Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 13 Summary. 1  BACK. 2  NEXT. 3  Scout asks Aunt Alexandra if she's come for a visit, and aunty says that she and Atticus have decided that it's best if she stays with them for a while, as Scout needs some feminine influence (13.10).
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- During his summation to the jury, Atticus blames Mayella for the predicament Tom Robinson faces. Atticus admits that he has pity in my heart for Mayella, but it does not extend to the lies he claims she has conceived.
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- ReplyDelete. October 1, 2012 at 4:09 PM. Aunt Alexandra may have a good amount of unwanted control over the children's lives-but her help is necessary. Aunt Alexandra, despite her many faults that Scout can happily point out, is family, and she does what she believes best for the children.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS Wopsle's great-aunt kept an evening school in the village; that is to say, she was a ridiculous old woman of limited means and unlimited infirmity, who used to go to sleep from six to seven every evening, in the society of youth who paid twopence per week each, for the improving opportunity of seeing her do it.
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- Dill becomes more mature from the Tom Robinson trial, and doesnt instigate as much trouble as before. Scout goes from a kid to a young lady, … and learns alot also. Jem grows up and learns to take care and watch out for the others. When Atticus makes him read to Mrs. Dubose, that is part of his maturity too.
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Plot Overview A servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives, telling her stories and singing songs to her. One day, as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin John Reed, Jane’s aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room, the room in which Jane’s Uncle Reed died.nowing that it is impossible for her to be with Rochester, Jane flees Thornfield. Penniless and hungry, Jane is forced to sleep outdoors and beg for food. At last, three siblings who live in a manor alternatively called Marsh End and Moor House take her in.