Calpurnia Is A Good Mother Essay

In this journal I will be questioning whether Calpurnia is a better mother than Aunt Alexandra. One way she is a better mother figure then Aunt Alexandra is she is responsible. It said, “ We watched Calpurnia running toward the Radley Place” (Lee 124). After she got to the front steps she told them a rabid dog was coming. She is responsible in that event because she was saving the Radley’s lives by warning them. Also she risked her life by going over to tell the family what she said. This also means she is caring for the Radleys. The second way she is responsible is she let Jem and Scout go to her church with her because Atticus was gone on business. She was responsible by making them go to church with her. Which in the South was a big deal …show more content…
She is a better mother figure then Aunt Alexandra because she is caring. When she let Jem and Scout go to church she bathed them and got them ready by getting nice clothes out for them. She said “ I don’t want anybody sayin I don’t look after my children” (Lee 157). This shows she is caring because she loves and treats them like her own children and she acts like they are her actual kids. Another way she is caring is at church when they were at the part where you put money in a basket, Calpurnia did not let them use there own money because they were her guest, so they got dimes from Calpurnia. She is caring because she probably does not get that well of pay and she still sacrifices her money to give to the kids at church even though they had there own money. The last way she is caring is how she acts with them and knows when they are upset. Example is “ We skulked around the kitchen until Calpurnia threw us out. By some voo-doo system Calpurnia seemed to know all about it. She was a less that satisfactory source of palliation, but she did give Hem a hot biscuit-and-butter” (Lee