The character Calpurnia is an important motherly figure to Jem and Scout and Calpurnia helps to bring out the theme of racism and discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird. Calpurnia a black African - American, who works for the Finch family since the time of Scout and Jem grandfather “I’ve spent all my days workin’ for the Finches...an’ I moved to Maycomb when your daddy and mamma married.”(127) Unlike everyone else in Maycomb Atticus treats Calpurnia like part of his family and trusts Calpurnia to discipline and watch the children "Atticus always took her side...and I had felt her tyrannical presence." (10) Like the time Scout comments on the way Walter Cunningham "poured syrup on his vegetables and meat." (28) which then, Scout felt Calpurnia's rath and Scout was to eat in the kitchen.
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She shut the door behind us." (97) to keep them away from the mad dog and calls Atticus. In the mad dog situation Calpurnia is also a great example of a role model to the children, Calpurnia takes them to a safe place, seek help, and warns everyone. Calpurnia not only does she watch and discipline Scout and Jem, she's also a person they can consult with – When Jem was twelve, he wanted more space and excluded Scout; which made her lonely, Calpurnia tells Scout "you just come right on in the kitchen when you feel lonesome." (118) When Atticus had to leave because of an emergency for work; the children went to African M.E. Church with Calpurnia they got to see Calpurnia's life outside of the Finch's household and her African community. Jem and Scout noticed that Calpurnia talks differently in the Finch household compared to her community and they found out it was because that the black community does not have the privilege to an education "There wasn't even a school when he was a boy. I made him learn,
She shut the door behind us." (97) to keep them away from the mad dog and calls Atticus. In the mad dog situation Calpurnia is also a great example of a role model to the children, Calpurnia takes them to a safe place, seek help, and warns everyone. Calpurnia not only does she watch and discipline Scout and Jem, she's also a person they can consult with – When Jem was twelve, he wanted more space and excluded Scout; which made her lonely, Calpurnia tells Scout "you just come right on in the kitchen when you feel lonesome." (118) When Atticus had to leave because of an emergency for work; the children went to African M.E. Church with Calpurnia they got to see Calpurnia's life outside of the Finch's household and her African community. Jem and Scout noticed that Calpurnia talks differently in the Finch household compared to her community and they found out it was because that the black community does not have the privilege to an education "There wasn't even a school when he was a boy. I made him learn,