Calpurnia Research Paper

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Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a good mother figure because of the way she raised Scout and Jem and the way she taught them to act around other people. Calpurnia brought Scout and Jem to church one Sunday and she spent all her time into making sure that the kids looked perfect so she could show them off to the town and say “these are my kids”. Calpurnia has also been part of the Finch family since forever and the Finch’s think of her as family and they love her. Scout and Jem like Calpurnia more than Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra is very strict on how she wants Scout and Jem to act. Aunt Alexandra was not there for the times that Calpurnia was like when Scout and Jem started school Calpurnia helped them

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