Y-Calpurnia In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. So far this book is about a young girl named Scout and her family’s stories. She, her brother, and their summer friend, Dill, have many adventures. There is a house in their neighborhood that is known as the Radley place. A mysterious man named Boo Radley lives in this house. Boo is just about the only person in their town they do not know. Miss Maudie is another neighbor. Scout spends time with her when Jem and Dill start to disclude her. Continuous events start to lead the children to believe that Boo Radley may not as bad as everyone believes. Atticus takes a case that most people believe is the wrong thing to do, but Atticus knows it is not. However, the case does have …show more content…
In this journal I will be evaluating.

G- Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Y- Calpurnia is a good mother figure. R- She cares for the children like they are her own. R- She teaches them right from wrong. Y- Aunt Alexandra is not a good mother figure. R- She isn’t proud of them. R- She makes them feel bad about themselves.
G- Cal is a better mother figure for Jem and Scout than Aunt Alexandra.

Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a good mother figure. Cal cares for Jem and Scout like they are her own children. When Atticus leaves for a business trip Calpurnia decides to take Jem and Scout to her church. When she is getting them ready Cal does it thoroughly. She is proud of them and wants her church to see that she takes great care of them. Also, as Jem gets older he keeps to himself more and Scout becomes lonely. She talks to Cal about it and she says that Scout can do stuff with her. Calpurnia makes sure that Scout knows it is not her
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Atticus has two sides to him. One side is getting old and does not want to abide in any activities. The parents of Jem and Scout’s schoolmates are much younger that Atticus. When Jem asked Atticus about playing football, Atticus simply refused. Jem and Scout think that Atticus is good for nothing. The other side of Atticus is one that Jem and Scout are unfamiliar with. In his day, their dad was quite capable. He was known as “One Shot Finch.” Atticus does his best to keep Jem and Scout unaffected by his Tom Robinson case, but one night Jem gets suspicious and finds his father doing an abnormal thing. He is sitting outside the jail with a group of people Scout did not recognize. Mrs. Dubose has two sides to her. One side to her is mean. Whenever Jem and Scout walk by she always has something awful to say. Her comments are enough to make Scout feel bad about herself. They also pushed Jem over the edge and made him make a bad choice. In consequence to his bad actions, Jem had to read to Mrs. Dubose everyday. While Jem read, Mrs. Dubose would correct him and make mean comments for most of the time. If you look on another side of Mrs. Dubose, you can see strength and bravery. She was a very sick lady and she was addicted to morphine. Her dying wish was to no longer be addicted to it. She set an alarm a little later everyday while Jem read to her. When the alarm would ring she could have her morphine. She was free of

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