Aunt

Jem lose their mother. That is when Aunt Alexandra steps in to be their feminine influence. She tries to show Scout how to be a proper lady. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Aunt Alexandra is prejudice, proper and motherly to Scout and Jem because of their lack of a motherly figure in their lives. Scout and Jem live in Maycomb with their Father and their friend, Calpernia. Calpernia takes care of the children and helps around the house. When Aunt Alexandra comes to visit, she…

different than the way that the doctor and his son use the maiden aunt as well as her niece in the short story, “The Youngest Doll”. In Rosario Ferré’s short story, “The Youngest Doll”, the aunt and her youngest niece are exploited, degraded, as well as objectified, due to their relationships with men. However, the men are only introduced into the lives of the two women, after a river prawn bites the maiden aunt. This causes the aunt to believe that her beauty has been compromised and so she…

events to send a specific message to the people listening. Dorothy Canfield, in the short story “Sex Education” depicts a niece’s story of her Aunt Minnie telling her and her friends about an incident…

“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a fourteen-year-old boy who learns to live with his Aunt after his parents deaths. His Aunt Esther, is his closest family member. After Michael's mom and dad passed away, Esther was the only one that would take the teenager known as her nephew in. Esther and Michael bond over Michael's mom but Esther's sister. They don’t know each other at the start, but finally learn to cooperate. But soon they can’t stop yelling at each other and…

would want to. The aunts made her feel bad about herself and her decisions while torturing her by putting her in front of all the handmaids. The aunts did not shown any sympathy for Janine after knowing she had to go through the pain of being raped. The aunts instead made Janine feel bad and ashamed about it even thought it was not her fault. Another way the reader should not feel sympathy for the aunts is because they torture the handmaids if they do something that the aunts do not like. Moira…

emphasize this growth are when Esperanza discusses her name and the history of it, her poems that she shares with her Aunt Lupe, and when she begins to find her purpose after she meets Lucy and Rachel's aunts. The first event that emphasizes Esperanza's growth is her discussion of her name and the history behind it. Esperanza states that “In English my name means…

“Beautiful in the mind, Like a word we are waiting to hear”. Adrienne Rich was an amazing poet, her two poems I chose, “A Ball is for Throwing” and “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” not only captured my attention but required genuine thought while discussing them. In both of her works, Rich uses her work to show the importance of seizing the meaningful moments in your life. Both works have metaphors helping the reader understand what she truly means. In “A Ball is for Throwing” Rich uses the ball to…

Throughout the town of Maycomb, there is segregation not only between those of different colour, but also those of different social ranking. Aunt Alexandra’'s actions provide a blatant explanation of the social rules, while mirroring the town's feelings. Upon learning that Atticus has chosen to ignore the social barriers, and willingly defend a black man, Aunt Alexandra is distraught, and does not fail to let her feelings be known, as Francis flaunts, “I guess it ain’t your fault if Uncle…

questions about church. I think Aunt Alexandra is a bad mother figure for the reasons I’m listing. Her are some of Aunt Alexandra's daily interactions. Aunt Alexandra is staying with them for a long time now. The first thing Aunt Alexandra said when she walked in the door was “Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia’’ (Lee 144). Scout is not a big fan of her at all, one day Aunt Alexandra asked Scout to come in the room and speak to the ladies. When Scout came to the door Aunt Alexandra…

Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a good mother figure. One reason why Calpurnia is better is because she treats the kids well. When Jem and Scout get in trouble, Calpurnia punishes them, but she makes sure they learn a lesson from their mistakes so that in the future they do not repeat the same action. Calpurnia respects both Jem and Scout individually on how they choose to present themselves. She does not want Jem and Scout to change who they are for others.…