To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia Quotes

I think Calpurnia is a better mother figure for the reasons I am going to be listing. Calpurnia practically lives with the the Finch’s so she has a lot of daily interactions with Jem and Scout. Here are some examples of Calpurnia's interactions. Scout was feeling very sad because Jem’s getting older and thinks he is the boss of her, so Calpurnia said “Baby, I just can’t help that Mister Jem’s growing up. He’s gonna want to be off to himself a lot now, doin’ whatever boys do, so you just come in the kitchen whenever you feel lonesome” (Lee 132). Another interaction would be when Calpurnia brought Jem and Scout to her church. Jem and Scout have never been in a colored church before so it was there first time and they found it quite amusing, especially …show more content…
For example Calpurnia was teaching Jem and Scout how most black people can not read. Calpurnia also has her punishments for the kids. Calpurnia had bathed scout for church, for Scout she bathed her roughly. Calpurnia had told Scout that she needed to look nice for church, she told Scout “ I don’t want anybody sayin’ I don’t look after my children’’ (Lee 134). On that same day Calpurnia yelled at Jem because his tie did not match what he was wearing. Jem found this crul. In church Calpurnia “Sh-h’’ the kids because they were asking so many 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 always looked at her as if she hated her request. One day Scout was stopped again and Aunt Alexandra practically bragged about Scout's cousin Lily