Everything you think, feel, and act has to be perfect. In the passage from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee explains how this little girl named Scout says thank you in her own way by sticking out her tongue to the African American servant named Calpurnia.
The first element the author uses in this passage is Imagery. Lee tells you an Image of scout drifting into sleep, when Atticus came inside Jem and Scout’s room. For example she said “... When the memory of Atticus calmly folding his newspaper and pushing back his hat became Atticus standing in the middle of an empty waiting street, pushing up his glasses” (208 Lee). Lee uses distinct words to describe the image that scout is having of Atticus. Lee was also trying to show how much Scout thinks so dearly of Atticus, how she quoted “...calmly holding his newspaper, and pushing back his hat.” This quote was showing how calm Atticus is with scout and …show more content…
Lee shows you a couple of sentences describing how they talked in the old days. How different actions from certain people; In this case Aunt Alexandra means differently from Scout’s perspective. For example “Talk like that in front of whom” (209 Lee)? Lee was trying to show how Aunt Alexandra was discussded on how Scout stuck her tongue at Calpurnia saying thank you for the tea. Another example is “Like that in front of Calpurnia. You said Braxton Underwood despises Negros right in front of her.” Lee was slightly showing character in Aunt Alexandra how she had to change hoe Scout thanked Calpurnia. Another good example is when Atticus was sick of Aunt Alexandra changing how Scout acts, and in a way he was showing that he was the man of the house he sets the rules in the house not her. “Anything fit to say at the table’s fit to say in front of Calpurnia. She knows what she means to this family.” Lee used this certain element in this passage because it shows how different back then compared to the way we talk
The first element the author uses in this passage is Imagery. Lee tells you an Image of scout drifting into sleep, when Atticus came inside Jem and Scout’s room. For example she said “... When the memory of Atticus calmly folding his newspaper and pushing back his hat became Atticus standing in the middle of an empty waiting street, pushing up his glasses” (208 Lee). Lee uses distinct words to describe the image that scout is having of Atticus. Lee was also trying to show how much Scout thinks so dearly of Atticus, how she quoted “...calmly holding his newspaper, and pushing back his hat.” This quote was showing how calm Atticus is with scout and …show more content…
Lee shows you a couple of sentences describing how they talked in the old days. How different actions from certain people; In this case Aunt Alexandra means differently from Scout’s perspective. For example “Talk like that in front of whom” (209 Lee)? Lee was trying to show how Aunt Alexandra was discussded on how Scout stuck her tongue at Calpurnia saying thank you for the tea. Another example is “Like that in front of Calpurnia. You said Braxton Underwood despises Negros right in front of her.” Lee was slightly showing character in Aunt Alexandra how she had to change hoe Scout thanked Calpurnia. Another good example is when Atticus was sick of Aunt Alexandra changing how Scout acts, and in a way he was showing that he was the man of the house he sets the rules in the house not her. “Anything fit to say at the table’s fit to say in front of Calpurnia. She knows what she means to this family.” Lee used this certain element in this passage because it shows how different back then compared to the way we talk