Impact of Aunt Alexandra in To kill A Mockingbird

Scottsboro trials had all started on a railroad train on March 25th, 1931. Taking place in Alabama, nine African American boys were charged with rape and arrested. This event has such a significant impact that one author, Harper Lee, decided to create a book based off of these trials. In her book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee had altered some aspects as well as kept the information of the Scottsboro trials, such as physical appearances, views of the lawyers, the supposed victims of the…

article, “Why Telling Bullying Victims to ‘Just Fight Back’ Doesn’t Work” by Carrie Goldman, shares a common theme with the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee. One common theme shared between the texts is, through acts of kindness and moral value, not physical fighting, can you show true bravery. One example of the theme shown in the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is when Atticus takes Tom Robinson's case. Atticus took the case even though he already new Tom would lose; however, he…

you won’t like everyone. But there’s nothing you can do about it. You just have to tolerate them. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the small town of Maycomb has a variety of people living within it. The protagonist, a young girl named Scout, grows up with a variety of individuals around her. However, some of the people are liked more than others. Scout realizes this through her Aunt Alexandra, who is very intolerant towards people who are ‘lower’ than her in society, and learns that not…

that kind of work.” In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout reflects back upon her aunt’s stay in her house and mentions that although Atticus was a terrific father, he could not take the place of her mother as well. Aunt Alexandra and Atticus had decided that she come stay for many reasons. The main reason is that Scout is not feminine enough and is “disgracing” the family, or as Alexandra would put it. Also, the kids are “running wild” and Alexandra feels the need to tame them…

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee would be nothing without change. Change makes up a tremendous part of how the characters interact with each other as well as how they grow and evolve throughout the novel. Whether it be physical, mental or emotional changes, Lee depicts how these changes affect the outcomes of prominent events that occur throughout the novel. Without these necessary changes, the novel would not have the same impact on its readers. Through transformation of the…

individual must work cooperatively in order to maintain balance and control. But the society’s ideas can impact on an individual, either beneficially or harmfully. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, and “The Maze Runner”, directed by Wes Ball, there is an individual (Atticus and Thomas) who stands out impeccably over the rest of society but are pushed away. Both…

Gender and race inequalities Social inequality is seen in today’s world and in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards based on social position and has an effect in the book. In the book social inequality has a role such as gender and race that the characters run into and in reality social inequality has a role too. Gender and race have such a vast effect on the book that we wonder why do we still have racism and…

associate slaves, African Americans, and even common problems in today’s society (such as the riot “Black Lives Matter”) with. However, the argument can be made that racism was a much larger problem in the 1930s, which is when the events of To Kill a Mockingbird took place. In her book, Harper Lee incorporated real-life occurrences into the plot. With these events, connections can be made to the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the issue of racism in the time period of the 1930s.…

All humans are apt to become prejudiced, and parents play a major role in prejudice acquisition to their children; those children are inclined to look up to their parents. However, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird portrays a more affirmative image for the development of children; Atticus, Scout’s father and mentor, gives her lessons to stay unprejudiced and make good decisions. Scout actualizes those lessons frequently in the future. She encounters various conflicts which allow her to grow…

of the education and knowledge we have, racism and discrimination is very much present and is used in and causes war, by vulgar and insulting words as well as killing of innocent individuals solely because they are ‘different’. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, many instances in the novel involve a supposed superior group bashing or disregarding the ‘out group’ out of fear of betrayal and for the protection of their group. Racism and discrimination is not necessarily done out of…