Help Notes: What does Atticus mean when he tells Alexandra in chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird that he is "in favor of preserving Southern womanhood as...

Friday, 4 January 2013

What does Atticus mean when he tells Alexandra in chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird that he is "in favor of preserving Southern womanhood as...

Laurine Herzog

Alexandra tries to persuadenot to defend Tom Robinson because she's afraid that
defending a black man accused of raping a white woman will harm the family name. This quotation
is taken from the middle of a conversation where Atticus appears to be defending his decision to
defend Tom Robinson.

The "polite" to which Atticus refers is the
fiction that Tom Robinson is guilty. It is "polite" to...

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Friday, 4 January 2013

What does Atticus mean when he tells Alexandra in chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird that he is "in favor of preserving Southern womanhood as...

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