Whilevalues
Calpurnia and treats her like part of the family, Aunt Alexandra takes a different view.
Believing thatneeds a proper female role model, Aunt Alexandra informs Atticus that Calpurnia is
no longer needed. Atticus disagrees. He feels that Calpurnia has done well with the children and
that they love her. He believes Calpurnia "tried to bring them up according to her lights,
and Cals lights are pretty good."
Aunt Alexandra, along with most of the
citizens of Maycomb County, has racist views. Her racism may surface in more subtle ways, but
her opinion is clear. For example, when Scout asks to visit Calpurnia's home, Aunt Alexandra
replies, "You may not."
In, Atticus and the
family are discussing events from the attempted lynching of Tom. Referring to Mr. Underwood,
Atticus says that he "despises Negroes." Aunt Alexandra reprimands him for speaking
like that in front of Calpurnia. Her reason for doing so, however, was not to protect Calpurnia
from hearing...
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