HARPER LEE

Atticus Finch

He has an open relationship with his children.y Neither of the Finch kids ever calls their father Dad. y He is always Atticus.

Atticus quiet aut rity a stre gt i s ire great c fi e ce.y "Don't worry, Scout, it ain't time to worry yet," said Jem. He pointed. "Looka yonder."

In a group of neighbors, Atticus was standing with his hands in his overcoat pockets. He might have been watching a football game. Miss Maudie was beside him. "See there, he's not worried yet," said Jem. (Chapter 8)y Scout did not panic because Atticus stays calm.

He is honest/candid.y Scout asks Atticus about the Tom Robinson case, and Atticus explain his position to her. y When Scout asks him the meaning of rape y When Scout asks him about nigger-lover and why he defends Tom.

He r ns his family in an atmosphere of m t al respect.y Henceforth, he always listens to his children, he always lets them have they say. y (he tells them not to kill the mockingbird)y

To do no harm to people who is innocent and make a clear distinction what is acceptable/unacceptable.

y He never imposed any hard and fast rules. y (Mrs. Dubose s damaged bushes lesson for Jem responsibility, courage, empathy, not to judge things at face value)

y Scout tells Uncle Jack, When Jem an' I fuss Atticus doesn't ever just listen to Jem's side of it, he hears mine too (Chapter 9) y He is fair. y He never took side. y He never judge before listening to both sides. He gives people equal opportunity to speak up for themselves. y He is never prejudiced / biased.

y Scout also tells Miss Maudie, "Atticus don't ever do anything to Jem and me in the house that he don't do in the yard (Chapter5) y He practises what he preaches (good values).y y

Atticus is a genuine person, he never puts on a show . What you see(a middle-aged lawyer who is upright) is what you get.

Attic sy After Calpurnia chews Scout out for being rude to Walter Cunningham, Scout tells Atticus to get rid of her, but Atticus tells her to do what Cal tells her y When Atticus sees the kids playing the game, he doesn t tell them to stop, but he makes his disapproval clear. y When Atticus catches Jem and Dill trying to give note to Boo Radley, and uses lawyer tricks to get Jem to admit what are they doing.

He is there for them when they need him.y He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning (Chapter 31).

His career affects his home life.y He doesn t replace legal jargon with layman s terms to his kids. y Entailment y His commitment, diligence and determination in defending Tom Robinson causes Jem and Scout to be affected. y they get a lot of grief from others.y y y

Cecil Jacobs calls Atticus as nigger-lover (Scout fight back) Francis and Scout Mrs Dubose

His career is a personal commitment to j stice.y He still insists in defending Tom even though most of the people in the town is against his choice y He was appointed to defend Tom and with that appointment he had a personal need to do the right thing.y y

Professional appointment Personal level personal integrity/ his internal system of morality/ his value system. He asks his children to brace themselves for the trouble that would follow his appointment.

y He has a great couragey

y In the courtroom, he strips down in order to place

himself at a level on par with the jurors(farmers).y y

And so he wanted to make them feel comfortable . All of the body language indicates that he was at ease with them, he considered all the jurors at equals, that he had time for them.

Attic s arg es for big principles like e ality and d ty.y In his closing remarks he doesn t for a moment lose sight of the fact that in the end it s human beings and their choices that make equality stand or fall.

(chapter 20)

He was also known as Jem. Jem was Atticus Finch s son. Jem was Scout s brother. Jem was 4 years older than Scout. Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow when he was nearly thirteen.

Jem loved football.

Jem was football crazy.(pg.89)

Jem was a kind-hearted boy. At a very young age, he was kind and willing to help Walter Cunningham who was poor and had no food to eat during lunch time. Besides, he was pleased to have Walter joining his family for lunch.Come on home to dinner with us, Walter, he said. We d be glad to have you.(pg.23)up with us

Jem was a friendly @ amiable@ affable person.Jem made a pleasant conversation with Walter on their way home . He made Walter felt easy and comfortable with his invitation, and being with them. He lessened Walter s hesitation whether or not to join them for lunch by saying that their fathers were friends and they knew each other.Jem said, Our daddy s a friend of your daddy s .(pg.23) When Walter caught up with us, Jem made pleasant conversation with him. (pg.23)

Jem s mother died when he was 6 years old. Jem remembered and missed his mother. He loved his mother. At times, he would sigh for a long period, thinking of his mother. His mother s memories were still fresh in his mind. Besides, he could feel his mother s absent in his life. He felt sad about it. I did not miss her, but I think Jem did. He remembered

her dearly , and sometimes In the middle of a game he would sigh at length. pg.6)

I did not remember our mother , but Jem did he would

tell me about her sometimes. (pg. 100)

Jem felt proud being one of the

Maycomb s folks.As a young boy, Jem, felt offended and

challenged with Dill s insult, and comparison between the folks in Meridian and Maycomb. Besides, he felt the necessity to defend himself and the folks in Maycomb. Furthermore, he believed that Maycomb s folks were not cowards as what Dill had described. They were people with courage too. (e.g:Atticus, Miss.Maudie, Mr.Dolphus Raymond and e.t.c)

Therefore, Dill s insult on Maycomb s folks had

made him rose to the challenge. ( dare : go up and knock on the front door)

But Dill got him the third day, when he told Jem that folks in Meridian certainly weren t as afraid as the folks in Maycomb, that he d never seen such a scary folks as the ones in Maycomb.( pg.13)

Jem s relationship with Sco t Jem was a responsible and considerate brother. He knew he had a sister whom he should take care of. He was selfless. His sister was one of his priorities. Jem wanted Dill to know that once and for all that he

wasn t scared of anything . It just that I can t think of away to make him come out ..Besides, Jem had a little sister to think of.(pg.14)

If I got kill what d become of you. ( pg.14)

Apart from that, Jem was a protective brother. He carried Scout s ham costume and accompanied her to the Maycomb County:Ad Astra Per Aspera. Besides, his first scream was for his sister after he knew that a stalker was running towards them. His first thought was for his sister. Run, Scout! Run! Run! (pg 261) Fence by the schoolyard!- hurry, Scout! (pg.53)

Jem was loved and cared by Scout. No matter how bad he antagonized Scout, she still loved him. There was still strong affection between them even though they criticised and teased each other. Of course Jem antagonized me sometimes until I could

kill , but when it come down to it he was all I had. (pg. 104)

Jem was a caring and loving brother. He was a good comforter. He empathized with Scout s situation by saying that everything seemed alright in the pageant. He was very sympathetic about Scout s feeling. He knew that she was feeling bad under her ham costume. Hence, he made her felt comfortable. She made me awful, but when Jem came to fetch me he

was sympathetic.( pg.259)

Apart from that, Jem s ability to show empathy was passed down from Atticus. Jem was similar to his father in his sensitivity.

Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong.(pg.259)

Jem was also a generous brother. He was generous and selfless. He received money from Atticus for his twelfth birthday ,and was willing to buy Scout a twirling baton. I felt that I could overcome this defect with a real baton ,

and I thought It generous of Jem to buy one for me.(pg.101)

Jem s relationship with Attic s Finchy Jem s admiration and respect for Atticus grew throughout the novel. y Jem learnt to understand and appreciate what meant by real courage, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. y Besides, Jem learnt that one should be responsible to his own deeds. Atticus had made Jem learnt the meaning of responsibility. He wanted him to be responsible for his own deeds. He advised to go and talk with Mrs.Durbos.

Jem was honest@candid and responsible to admit that he had cut the tops of every camellia bush owned by Mrs.Dubose. Jem , he said , are you responsible for this? Yes , sir. (pg.103)

Jem loved and cared for Atticus. He felt angry and insulted when Mrs.Dubose said that Atticus was no better than the niggers and trash he worked for.

Therefore, Jem s deed (cutting the tops of every camellia bush) was understandable. However, Atticus made him realized that he was wrong to do such thing to ansick oldlady. y Jem gradually showed maturity as he had learned to take Atticus s advice. He went to see Mrs.Dubose and spoke to her. He read to her as what she wished him to do. y Jem wasn t the one had a short fuse. Jem tried his level best to be patience with Mrs.Dubose s insults. However, he simply went mad and forgot everything that Atticus had said.

y What made him broke the bonds of, You must be a gentleman, son .for a few minutes he simply went mad. (pg. 102) y Jem trusted Atticus. He believed that his father is a gentleman and always speaks the truth. Jem figured Atticus as his role model. He wanted to be like Atticus. y I could see little resemblance between them. Mutual defiance made them alike.(pg.152) y No, he don t. If he did he d say he did. (pg.41) y Atticus is a gentleman, just like me! (pg.99)

y Atticus had good opinions about Jem. Jem didn t tell Atticus that he had lost his pants. He lied to Atticus just because he wanted to keep his good name. He did not want to disappoint Atticus. He would rather caught or shot than disappointing Atticus. y Besides, Jem showed courage (physically) when he got back to take his pants from the Radley s fence even though he heard gun shots. y I m not worried about Jem keeping his head (88) y Atticus ain t ever whipped me since I remember .(pg.56) y I wanted to keep it that way .(pg.56)

y In the second part of the novel, Jem began to identify himself as an adult. y He informed Atticus that Dill had run away from home and told Scout how to behave towards Aunt Alexandra. y Scout try not to antagonize Aunty, hear? (pg.137) y Atticus, his voice was distant, can you come here a minute, sir?(pg.141)

y The trial had a huge effect on Jem. y He was devastated by the verdict. y He found that it was hard to believe the depth of prejudice he encountered. y His discussion of the trial with Atticus showed his intelligence. y He showed the ability to argue with Atticus after the trial. He could not accept the fact that TR had been found guilty for a crime that had never been proven.

y How could they do it, how could they ?(pg.213) y T s all right to talk like that- can t any Christian judgers and lawyers make up for heathen juries, Jem muttered.(pg.213) y Besides, he began to understand and realise that there was racial prejudice in Maycomb County. y He understood that the folks in Maycomb County were divided into four groups and they despised each other .They were not alike and did not stand as one community.

y There s four kinds of folks in the world. There s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down the jump, and the Negroes.(pg.226) y The thing about it is , our kind of folks don t like the Cunningham, the Cunninghams don t like the Ewells, and the Ewells hate and despise the colored folks. (pg.226)

y Before the end of the novel, Jem developed compassion and understanding of Boo Radley. He felt sad and upset with the discrimination and prejudice subjected towards Boo. y Scout, I m beginning to understand something. I think I m beginning to understand why Boo Radley s stayed shut up in the house all this time ..It s because he wants to stay inside.(pg.227)

The narrator and the main character of the novel. Atticus Finch s daughter. Her mother died when she was two years old. 4 years younger than her brother, Jeremy Atticus Finch. A tomboy. She was literate.

y Scout was curious about everything. y Her curiosity is revealed through questions she had asked her father. She

innocently asked Atticus if they were as poor as the Cunningham.y She was also curious towards Boo. As Atticus seldom told them about Boo,

Scout asked Miss Maudie if Mr. Arthur was still alive. information from Miss Maudie.

tried to get some

y Besides, from the way that Scout, Dill and Jem played out different games, it

actually shows a great deal of children s curiosity. And their curiosity centered around Boo Radley.y Again, in chapter 14, Scout asked Atticus : What s rape? y Upon hearing many negative comments about Atticus who defended Tom

Robinson, she tried to get some explanation from Atticus. She was curious to know the meaning of the insulting words.

Sco t was very honest in her speech.y She was always telling the truth/what comes up in her mind.

When

Miss Caroline asked her to tell her father to stop teaching her, Scout told her honestly that Atticus never taught her reading nor writing, which made Miss Caroline thought she was lying. Miss Caroline also considered Scout's outspokenness and honesty as being impertinent.y Scout also commented about Walter s behavior on the table- pouring

the syrup all over his dinner.y Scout also very honest in telling her father her own feelings. She did

not want to go to school.

Sco t was easily infl encedy Miss Caroline made Scout felt bad about being able to

read and write, when actually it is something she should feel proud of (that she can read and write at

such a young age). She even felt sorry and refer to her ability as a crime. I mumbled that I was sorry and

retired meditating upon my crime (Chapter 2)

Sco t loved to ready She never deliberately learned to read.

had been

wallowing illicitly in daily papers, and having the reading sessions with Atticus every night.y For Scout, reading is part of her life. She loved to read.

I never loved reading. One does not love breathing

Sco t was an ordinary children who learned bad words to attract people s attentiony Just the same as the other children, Scout went

through the stage when she started to speak bad language or swear words. From Atticus, we get to

know that she was trying to attract people attraction. Don t pay attention to her, Jack. She s trying you out. Cal said she s been cussing fluently for a week, now. (Chapter 9)

y From Scout, again, we are sure that what Atticus said was

right. Scout wanted to attract Atticus attention.

She

wanted to let Atticus know that what she had been picking up from school was bad language, and by doing so, she thought Atticus wouldn t make her go to school. proceeding on the dim theory, aside from the innate attractiveness of such words, that if Atticus discovered I had picked them up at school he wouldn t make me go. I was

y Jem and Scout had a fairly typical sibling relationship of love and

rivalry. Jem took his role as elder brother seriously, in both teasing and protecting Scout.y Jem and Scout s relationship at school was not obvious in

portraying their closeness at home. They did not mix around. Jem was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to nother him, I was not to approach him with requests to enact a chapter of Tarzan and the Ant Men to embarrass him with references to his private life, or tag along behind him at recess and noon. I was to stick with the first grade and he would stick with the fifth. In short, I was to leave him alone. (Chapter 2).

y Scout was very protective and supportive of her brother.

When Jem

was having his reading sessions with Mrs Dubose, Scout always accompanied her brother throughout the time. She took that as her responsibility to support her brother and make sure he was safe.y Though Jem had violently beat her up, still when Atticus was back from

work, asking Jem to go alone to have a talk with Mrs Dubose, Scout had wanted to follow. She even accused Atticus for not caring what would happen to Jem to let him go alone. was standin up for you. (Chapter 11)y Besides, at the jailhouse, when one member of the lynch mob grabbed

You don t care what happens to

him, I said. you just send him on to get shot at when all he was doin

Jem, Scout kicked the man.

As a eight-years-old-child, she was brave

enough to fight against a grown, drunken man.

y Atticus and Scout s relationship was just like friends. Scout

never called her father Dad . For Scout, he was always Atticus. But there was a mutual respect between their relationship.y Scout always asked Atticus questions and she and her

brother were definitely allowed to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond their understanding.y Atticus never talked down to her.

No sign of any

superiority towards his children.

y Scout was understanding and always took Atticus advices.

When Atticus told her that one would never understand unless he/she are willing to comprehend other s perspective, Scout applied that into her life. She tried to climb into Jem s skin and walk around it. / She could as well understand Miss Caroline s problem-a teacher who came from North Alabama, not knowing any culture in Maycomb County. Had her conduct been more friendly Indicates that towards me, I would have felt sorry for her.

though she disliked Miss Caroline, she actually pity on her, but because she disliked her, she never showed it out.

y Besides, in taking Atticus advices, Scout showed her maturity.

She had a great respect for her father and her brother.

She used

Atticus advice to resolve her conflict with Jem in her life. She tried to understand Jem s behaviour, but until certain level, not to bother Jem. after Jem got back his pants. - Jem stayed moody and silent for a week. As Atticus had once advised me to do so, I tried to climb into Jem s skin and walk around it: If I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next morning. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him She respected her brother.

Calp rniay A black maid working for Atticus Finch. y A surrogated mother for the two children y Is considered a part of the Finch's family.

more than 10 years Jem and Scout. She s a faithful member of

this family and you ll simply have to accept things the way they are. We still need Cal as much as we ever did. (Chapter 14)y Much older than Atticus Finch. y Grew up between the Buford Place and the Finch s Landing.

moved to

Maycomb when Atticus get married. (Chapter 12)y She is literate.

Scout s description of Calpurniay She was all angles and bones; she was nearsighted; she squinted;

her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard. She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn't behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn't ready to come. Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side. She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember. (Chapter 1)

y Scout at first saw Calpurnia not really as the member of her

family. Calpurnia is something else again. (Chapter 1)y From Scout, we know that Scout and Calpurnia were always

against each other. ( She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn't behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn't ready to come )y Scout thinks Calpurnia won their battles not because she

had right on her side, but because she had Atticus who always took her side.

y Calpurnia is a black maid with high morality.

Even though she

lived in a society where her own races was being despised by the Whites, she seldom complain or bad-mouthing about the Whites. One of the exception when Calpurnia commented

about Mr. Radley. There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into, murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We looked at her in surprise, for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people. (Chapter 1)

y Calpurnia often acts as a moral guide and disciplinarian.

Scout,

being younger and more irrepressible, earns the greater amount of her attention.y Calpurnia taught Scout to write by scrawling the alphabet firmly

across the top of a tablet and having her copy chapters from the Bible and rewarding her with an open-faced sandwich of bread and butter and sugar only if she found Scout's penmanship to be satisfactory.y According to Scout, the rewards were few and far between.

Calpurnia set high standards. rewarded me. ( Chapter 2)

In Calpurnia s teaching, there

was no sentimentality: I seldom pleased her and she seldom

y When Scout commented on the way the young Walter

Cunningham pouring syrup onto his lunch one day, Calpurnia sent her into the kitchen and made her understand how guests were to be treated in their home.y Calpurnia was trying to teach Scout that it was not her place to

pass judgement on others, no matter how they act, especially in her own home. Even if Walter Cunningham should have a very bad manners as "eating thetablecloth (chapter 3), it was still Scout's responsibility to be polite and welcoming, and keep her critism or disapproval to herself. to the children, Scout in particular. Calpurnia as the moral guide

y Calpurnia is also a sensible person. She sensed that Scout s first day of school

had been a grim one, and therefore she let Scout to watch her fix supper. (From chapter 1, we know that she always disallowed her to be in kitchen)y She also knows the children s favourites.

She knew I loved crackling bread

(chapter 3)y

I missed you today, she said. The house got lonesome long about two o clock I had to turn on the radio (Chapter 3) This is when Scout started to realised that though Calpurnia was hard on her, but she did cares about her and always wanted to be friendly to her Calpurnia bent down and kissed me. I ran along,

wondering what had come over her. She had wanted to make up with me, that was it. She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so.

y Calpurnia is very decisive.

The mad dog incident.

Once she saw the mad dog, she knew exactly

what she should do. asked Jem and Scout to enter the house quickly, called the right person and immediately informed the neighbours.y Calpurnia s double life. (chapter 12)

By taking the two kids to her First Purchase church, Calpurnia showed them a different side of her character. Calpurnia surprised Jem and Scout by speaking in a way they had never heard she use before. When Scout and Jem asked her the reason why she talked nigger-talk to her folks while she actually knew better than them, Calpurnia told Scout and Jem about community values, and their relativity whereby what s right in one place may be wrong in another.

Calp rnia has high morality as good as Attic sy When she brought Jem and Scout to her church, they were being stopped by Lula, a member of the First Purchase Church. Calpurnia was challenged by Lula. Lula represents an extreme view in the Black community- that s the Whites should stay out of the Black community, including their church. y Upon being challenged by Lula, Calpurnia answered that there shouldn t be such a distinction between two communities who profess the same religion as it s the same God.

Calp rnia was a responsible person. very concerned abo t the childreny At the courtroom, Calpurnia was brave enough to interrupt the trial, in order to pass the envelop to Atticus regardless her identity as a black. She was very responsible and very concerned about the children.

Calp rnia s familyy Calpurnia was older than Atticus Finch, but she was unsure how much older she was. y Though she is older than Atticus, she doesn t look even near as old as Atticus. But Cal, Jem protested, you don t look even near as old as Atticus. y Not stated in the novel how many children Calpurnia had, but Zeebo was Calpurnia s eldest son.

It was Miss Maudie Atkinson s aunt, old Miss Buford who taught Calpurnia how to read and write. Calpurnia taught her son, Zeebo by making him get a page of the Bible every day. She also taught Zeebo out of a book Blackstone s Commentaries , which she got from Miss Buford. Calpurnia was resourceful. she placed great emphasis on education.

Atticus s younger brother. Went to Boston to study medicine. (page 4) Ten years younger than Atticus (page 5) Chose to study medicine at a time when cotton was not

worth growing-received financial support from Atticus (page 5) he was a head shorter than Atticus, the baby of the family, he was younger than Aunt Alexandra. (page 78) Good looking y He and Aunty look alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of his face: we were never wary of his sharp nose and chin. Scout

Every Christmas Eve day, he met Jem and Scout at Maycomb Junction and spent a week with them. has a close relationship with Atticus. y Jem and I always thought it funny when Uncle Jack pecked Atticus on the cheek; they were the only two men I saw kiss each other. (page 78) well-liked by both of Atticus children. y Jem and I viewed Christmas with mixed feelings. The good side was the tree and Uncle Jack Finch. (page 77)

He always told a story to distract Scout whenever he treats her various bumps and bruises. y - One Christmas I lurked in corners nursing a twisted splinter in my foot, permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressinggown, smoking a hookah and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort. I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing, that was what was known as relativity.Scout (page 78)

has a cat named Rose Aylmer. has a smell like a bottle of alcohol. y I like to smell him: he was like a bottle of alcoholy y

and something pleasantly sweet. (paragraph 2 page 79)

y Had known Miss Maudie since he was young/a child.

(page 43)y Always teased by Miss Maudie.

We saw Uncle Jack every Christmas, and every Christmas he yelled across the street for Miss Maudie to come marry him. Miss Maudie would yell back, Call a little louder, Jack Finch, and they ll hear you at the post office. I haven t heard you yet! Jem and I thought this a strange way to ask for a lady s hand in marriage, but then Uncle Jack was rather strange. He said he was trying to get Miss Maudie s goat, that he had been trying unsuccessfully for forty years, that he was the last person in the world Miss Maudie would think about marrying but the first person she thought about teasing , and the best defense to her was spirited offense, all of which we understood clearly. (page 44)

He was friendly with the kids, but, being unmarried with no children of

his own, didn t really know how to discipline them. - You re real nice, Uncle Jack, an I reckon I love you even after what you did, but you don t understand children much. -Scout (page 85) - Scout pointed this out when he punished her for beating up Francis without letting her tell her side of the story; when he heard what she had to say, he said Francis was in for it.

- I know. Your daughter gave me my first lessons this afternoon. She said I didn t understand children much and told me why. She was quite right. Atticus, she told me how I should have treated her oh dear, I m so sorry I romped on her. Uncle Jack spoke to Atticus. (Page 87)

In general, Scout looks up to him because of his genial manner and willingness to listen to her views, although he doesn't hesitate to correct her when he sees the need. - He listened to Scout s explanation about why she fight with Francis.- You gonna give me a chance to tell you? I don t

mean to sass you, I m just tryin to tell you. -Scout. Uncle Jack sat on the bed. His eyebrows came together, and he peered up at me from under them. Proceed, he said. (page 85)

Uncle Jack s willingness to admit he was wrong, and his loyalty in keeping his word to Scout (he promises not to tell Atticus why she was fighting Francis), put him in the category of adults who treat children with respect (along with Atticus and Miss Maudie).

- I waited for Uncle Jack to break his promise. He still didn t. (page 88)

He didn t tell Scout the real meaning of whore-lady when she asked for the meaning. Instead, he told her about Lord Melbourne. - He lied because he wanted to protect her from bad/profane language. - He was a lot less comfortable talking in a frank open manner to Scout, the way that Atticus spoke to her. - Eg: when Scout asked Atticus for the meanings of rape and nigger-lover.

y Atticus' sister. y The Finch who remained at the Landing. y She married a taciturn man (Uncle Jimmy) who spent most of his time lying in a hammock by the river wondering if his trot-lines were full.

(pg.4-3rd paragraph)y Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack looked alike but she looked the more severe of the two. (pg.78-1st paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra criticised Atticus about his way of taking

care of his children (for letting Scout run wild) Atticus said he does the best he can with them. As he (Francis) lived in Mobile, he could not inform on me to school authorities , but he managed to tell everything he knew to Aunt Alexandra, who in turn unburdened herself to Atticus, who either forgot it or gave me hell, whichever struck his fancy. (pg.81-5th paragraph) Aunt Alexandra said it was bad enough Atticus lets Scout and Jem run wild and now that he s a nigger-lover, the reputation of the Finch family has been ruined. (pg.83-3rd paragraph) She is conservative in her thoughts and ways. She is prejudiced.

y Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of Scout s attire.

When Scout said she could do nothing in a dress, she said Scout wasn t supposed to be doing things that required pants. (pg.81-6th paragraph) Jean Louise, stop scratching your head, (pg.127-1st paragraph) y Her vision on Scout s deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-APearl necklace she gave Scout when she was born and being a ray of sunshine in Atticus s lonely life. (pg.81-6th paragraph)

y Scout felt that AA did not understand girls much, she d never had one Scout tries to rationalise why AA treats her badly. Also a way to point out that AA should consider her point of view. Aunty had continued to isolate me (Scout) long after Jem and Francis graduated to the big table. (pg.81-7th paragraph) y Aunt Alexandra was good at cooking. But her cooking made up for everything: 3 kinds of meat, summer vegetables from her pantry shelves; peach pickles, 2 kinds of cake and ambrosia constituted a modest Christmas dinner.(pg.82-2nd paragraph) Grandma s a wonderful cook, (pg.82-4th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra said all men should learn to cook, that men ought to be careful with their wives and wait on them when they don t feel good.

(pg.82-6th paragraph) An indication that AA was fairly progressive in her opinions about women and their roles. y She only listened to one side of the story which was told by Francis, her grandson. Aunt Alexandra was a back-porch listener. (pg.84-4th paragraph) AA got her information from secondary sources and this suggests that she listened to and believed in gossips.

y Aunt Alexandra is very authoritative.

Put my bag in the front room, Calpurnia, y Aunt Alexandra s visits from the Landing were rare, and she travelled in state. She owned a bright green square Buick and a black chauffeur (pg.127-3rd paragraph) She travelled in style and she expected to be met and welcomed on arrival. y Aunt Alexandra was like royalty in Maycomb County. She owned a bright green square Buick and a black chauffeur (pg.127-3rd paragraph)

y She was concerned about Scout s femininity including interest in clothes and boys. When she moved into their home during Tom Robinson's trial, Alexandra urged Scout to wear dresses and become a proper lady.

We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. (pg.127-10th paragraph) It was plain that Aunty thought me dull in the extreme, because I once heard her tell Atticus that I was sluggish. (pg.128-3rd paragraph)

y There was a hint that Aunt Alexandra was not close to her husband.

Aunt Alexandra ignored my question. She ignored Scout when Scout asked if she would miss her husband (Uncle Jimmy). (pg.128-1st paragraph)

y Appearance was important to Aunt Alexandra and she wanted to give people a good impression of herself.

I guess it was her Sunday corset. She was not fat, but solid, and she chose protective garments that drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Aunt Alexandra s was once an hour-glass figure. (pg.128-4th paragraph) Aunt Alexandra rose and smoothed the various whalebone ridges along her hips. She took her handkerchief from her belt and wiped her nose. She patted her hair and said, Do I show it? (pg.237-2nd paragraph)

and I suppose her coming to live with us was in that category. (pg.128-9th paragraph) AAs presence was indeed necessary in the face of the tensions and pressures of the time during and after TR s trial. y Maycomb welcomed her. To them she was royalty and Atticus only sister. Miss Maudie baked a Lane cake. Miss Stephanie Crawford had long visits with Aunt Alexandra. Miss Rachel had AA over for coffee in the afternoons. Mr. Nathan Radley went so far as to come up in the front yard and say he was glad to see her. (pg.129-2nd paragraph)

y Aunty had a way of declaring What Is Best For The Family,

y Aunt Alexandra got used to new ways of living very fast and

settled down easily. Aunt Alexandra seemed as if she had always lived with us. y People in the county looked up to Aunt Alexandra as she was seen as a role model. She was a Finch and she was Atticus s sister. To all parties present and participating in the life of the county, Aunt Alexandra was one of the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was born in the objective case; she was an incurable gossip. - Ironic/sarcastic, here Scout suggests that AA considered herself very highly that she was an objective person but in reality she gossiped about people. (pg.129-3rd paragraph)

y Because of her good manners, Aunt Alexandra made use of her leadership qualities whenever she could and she motivated people. She was a bully in the sense that she always directed people, never took direction herself.

She was never bored, and given the slightest chance she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, and warn. (pg.129-3rd paragraph)

y Being a Finch, Aunt Alexandra was proud of her family as they have contributed a lot to the society. She never let a chance escape her to point out the shortcomings of their tribal groups to the greater glory of our own a habit that amused Jem rather than annoyed him. (pg.129-4th paragraph) y Aunt Alexandra has authority in the house and sometimes, opinions were obtained from her. We ll see about that, Aunt Alexandra said, a declaration that with her was always a threat, never a promise. When Scout asked her whether Walter Cunningham can come over to their house. (pg.223-11th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra discriminated against people of the lower social class, even though she knew that they were good folks and never offended her. Aunt Alexandra, in underlining the moral of young Sam Merriweather s suicide, said it was caused by a morbid streak in the family. (pg.129-5th paragraph) Jean Louise, there is no doubt in my mind that they re good folks. But they re not our kind of folks. (pg.223-12th paragraph) Because he is trash, that s why you can t play with him. I ll not have you around him, picking up his habits and learning Lord-knows-what. You re enough of a problem to your father as it is. (pg.225-2nd paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra helped Scout and Jem in choosing their friends. She maintained a strict code about with whom she and her family should associate. The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he ll never be like Jem. Besides, there s a drinking streak in that family a mile wide. Finch women aren t interested in that sort of people. (pg.224-6th paragraph) I was reminded vividly of the last time she had put her foot down. It was when Scout wanted to visit Calpurnia s house. (pg.224-9th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra taught Jean Louise to behave more femininely by exposing her to real life experience.

Stay with us, Jean Louise, she said. This was a part of her campaign to teach me to be a lady. (pg.229-5th paragraph) y She was very sociable and gregarious. It was customary for every circle hostess to invite her neighbours in for refreshments, be they Baptists or Presbyterians, which accounted for the presence of Miss Rachel (sober as a judge), Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford. (pg.229-6th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra was thankful and grateful for help provided by the others.

I was content to learn that Aunt Alexandra could be pierced sufficiently to feel gratitude for help given. (pg.233-7th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra was worried about Atticus as Atticus was involved in Tom Robinson s trial which made him restless.

She looked weary. She spoke, her voice was flat. (pg.236-5th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra was influential in terms of behaviour, attitude, and actions. Her presence in Scout s home taught Scout to be more feminine. Despite the initial dislike Scout showed towards Aunt Alexandra and Aunt Alexandra s disapproval of Scout s tomboyish ways, they both began to be more accepting of each other. Aunt Alexandra looked across the room at me and smiled. She looked at a tray of cookies on the table and nodded at them. (pg.237-11th paragraph) After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I. (pg.237-12th paragraph)

y She still cared about Scout even though she was distracted by the whole incident. Aunt Alexandra has started to accept the way Scout was.

She brought me something to put on, and had I thought about it then, I would have never let her forget it: in her distraction, Aunty brought me my overalls. Put these on, darling, she said, handing me the garments she most despised. (pg.264-6th paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra was willing to sacrifice her time and energy to make a county event successful and not fret about missing the actual event.

Aunt Alexandra said she just had to get to bed early, she d been decorating the stage all afternoon and was worn out. (pg.253-4th paragraph)

y She was worried about Scout and wanted to make sure that she was all right.

Aunt Alexandra was running to meet me. (pg.263-4th paragraph) Here she is, Aunt Alexandra called, pulling me along with her to the telephone. She tagged at me anxiously. (pg.263-5th paragraph) Aunt Alexandra s fingers trembled as she unwound the crushed fabric and wire around me. Are you all right, darling? she asked me over and over as she worked me free. (pg.264-1st paragraph)

y Aunt Alexandra realised the need of comforting Scout as the other adults were busy handling things regarding the assault.

She rushed back to Jem s room, then came to me in the hall. She patted me vaguely, and went back to Jem s room. (pg.264-7th paragraph) y She was making sure that the environment was conducive for Jem to rest. Aunt Alexandra had shaded Jem s reading light with a towel and his room was dim. (pg.265-8th paragraph)

y She was blaming herself for not accompanying Scout and Jem to the Halloween celebration at the highschool auditorium. The assault would not have happened if she did.

Aunt Alexandra went to the door, but she stopped and turned. Atticus, I had a feeling about this tonight I this is my fault, she began. I should have (pg.267-8th paragraph)