To illustrate, Hilly is not sincere with her actions. Hilly is very manipulative with the things she does. For instance, she controls the women in the town because of her lunch group. Hilly can do almost whatever she wants because everyone either wants to be a part of her group or they fear her. This is not an example of how a “true lady’ should be acting by society's standards. This differs in To Kill a Mockingbird in such that Aunt Alexandra bosses around scout to help her grow up the best she can be. For example, “Aunt Alexandra met us and nearly fainted when Calpurnia told where we were” (Lee 282). This highlights the fact that Aunt Alexandra genuinely cares about the kids and the things she does is out of love. She shows that being a lady means being respectful unlike Hilly. The role of women is shown very differently in these two pieces of literature. Racism however, was very similar in
To illustrate, Hilly is not sincere with her actions. Hilly is very manipulative with the things she does. For instance, she controls the women in the town because of her lunch group. Hilly can do almost whatever she wants because everyone either wants to be a part of her group or they fear her. This is not an example of how a “true lady’ should be acting by society's standards. This differs in To Kill a Mockingbird in such that Aunt Alexandra bosses around scout to help her grow up the best she can be. For example, “Aunt Alexandra met us and nearly fainted when Calpurnia told where we were” (Lee 282). This highlights the fact that Aunt Alexandra genuinely cares about the kids and the things she does is out of love. She shows that being a lady means being respectful unlike Hilly. The role of women is shown very differently in these two pieces of literature. Racism however, was very similar in