Shortly after the release of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird became an enormous success, and the fans demanded a movie. Their wishes came into consideration and the movie was released two years after the book was published. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel which takes place in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama. It tells a story about a little girl nicknamed Scout whose father was a lawyer. His job causes Scout to undergo a series of events involving politics to lead her into a better understanding of the world and learns some life lessons from her father. The book was written by Harper Lee, and the movie was directed by Robert Malligan therefore causing a difference in opinion of what should be included in the movie. The book has some points that …show more content…
Aunt Alexandra’s philosophy is completely different from Scout’s father, Atticus. She thinks that order and orthodox traditions of roles are more important than what Atticus thinks is correct which is understanding the viewpoints of others and remaining true to your own sense of individuality. Aunt Alexandra is also a dynamic character. As the story goes on, Scout understands that deep down inside Aunt Alexandra is an intelligent and compassionate person, proving true the statement that Atticus made at the end of the story, "Most people are, Scout, once you finally see them," (Lee 376). This figuratively means that when Scout gets to know a person a little more, or “see” more of them, she can understand them and “sees” the real, and misunderstood person. Also, Aunt Alexandra added to the atmosphere of prejudice acts, and how the thinking of Atticus, Jem, and Scout are very rare, for even their own relative thinks differently about placement of races. In the movie, Aunt Alexandra’s presence was lacking. Thus it can be seen very clearly that she was not there during the movie, and the lessons that Scout should have learned were not shown. Aunt Alexandra was an important character who taught Scout a lesson of understanding and a broader perspective of different ways of …show more content…
The importance of Scout finding the knothole makes her more centered in the events and more involved. She also took key initiative in the communication and discovery of the mysterious neighbor, and felt that it was very important to her as seen in her reaction of losing the connection between them and the neighbor, “Don’t you cry, now, Scout… don’t cry,” (Lee 56). This means that Scout was so involved and so interested in what was happening that the loss of connection was unbearable for her to handle. The movie however, changed the discovery of the knothole to her brother. His appearance was shown next to the knothole at night after an unsuccessful attempt of chasing his father’s car. This makes him seem like the main character in the events instead of Scout, and makes Scout seem like a bystander. The movie decided that Jem should take the main role of what was happening between them and the neighbor instead of Scout. This completely replaced the main character in a
She must to be charming, submissive to the men around her, and always in need of a man’s protection. Scout’s Aunt Alexandra is unable to separate herself from society’s traditions, leaving her dependent on
As said before, Aunt Alexandra is Atticus Finchs sister. After Atticus, Scout, and Jem visit her and the family, she becomes worried about the childrens upbringing and their carry of the family legacy because of Atticus' involvement in the trial and his support of blacks. She goes to Maycomb without notifying Atticus and stays with them to "straighten their ways". For example, she says to Jem, "If Uncle Atticus lets you run around with stray dogs, that's his own business, like Grandma says, so it ain't your fault. I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover besides, but I'm here to tell you, it certainly does mortify the rest of the family--".
Instead of continuing to think negatively of Aunt Alexandra, Scout views her differently. Scout views people and things differently to prove that she is growing up and coming-of-age.
This is brought to light in many anecdotal conversations from Alexandra, such as in Chapter 13, where Scout recalls being called “sluggish.” However, Alexandra and her hard personality are key to Scout’s development. In chapter 24, shortly after discovering the death of Tom Robinson, Scout finds herself not only admiring Alexandra, but taking after her. “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.” [Lee, 318]
The coming of age for Scout is developed in this scene by the literary elements of character and plot. First Scout’s coming of age is developed by the element of plot, which is the death of Tom. For example, if Aunt Alexandra hadn’t known what became of Tom, she would have no reason to be sad. The author writes, “What’s the matter?’...’Tom’s dead.’” Aunt Alexandra put her hands to her mouth…’Didn’t they give him any warning?’
At the time that Alexandra first appears in the story, on the day of Christmas Eve, both Scout and Francis have a disagreement. Francis, then puts the blame on Scout claiming that “‘she called me a whore-lady and jumped on me!’” (Lee 112). Including Aunt Alexandra, all the adults do not bother asking Scout for her side of the story, therefore Scout who is unladylike, receives a punishment. Aunt Alexandra is incredibly proud of the family history and status around town, talking down on other families that did not have as much history.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a story that takes place during the Great Depression in Alabama. It is a coming of age story narrated by the main character, Scout Finch, and displays the way that she and her brother, Jem Finch, mature. In the movie adaptation of this classic novel, multiple events were changed, which affected the development of the story and of certain characters. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird was better than the movie because the novel developed the setting, the dual plots, the theme of racism, and the character of Jem Finch better than the movie. Additionally, multiple events were omitted from the movie.
So as you can see, Aunt Alexandra has changed not only socially, but at a very foray type pace that is very noticeable. She would at first hate colored people and as well as disrespecting and disagreeing with Atticus and Scout to being a loving, nice and respectful person to all no matter how nebulous it was to
In chapter nine Scout recalls that for much of her early life her Aunt was just there. As Scout grows older Aunt Alexandra starts to critiques her attire and behavior. Scout quotes her aunt as having said, “I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches…she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants” (9.108). Aunt Alexandra turns against her brother as well; she refused to support him during his court case, betraying her brother and family. She’s in a way teaching Scout how not to act.
Unable to satisfy this center in her lower mindset, Aunt Alexandra accepts Scout for who she is and achieves a higher or growth mindset. By giving Scout the same overalls that Aunt Alexandra has once hated, Aunt Alexandra displays that she is satisfied with Scout and is not constantly trying to change her into a person who she is not. After Atticus tells the family about Tom Robinson’s death, “Aunt Alexandra [sits] down in Calpurnia’s chair and [puts] her hands to her face” (ch.24; 236). Instead of creating a separation between
There are details left out of the movie that were in the book, the movie doesn 't demonstrate the ongoing theme of hunger as well as the book does, and the the movie does a better job with
Aunt Alexandra does not believe that Calpurnia is a good enough role model for Scout. She thinks she is best for Scout, which shows that she doesn’t think that Atticus can properly parent and guide Scout to womanhood. “She was an incurable gossip” shows that she thinks a certain way and is outspoken. She doesn’t care enough to hide her feelings and not talk about people. “When Aunt Alexandra went to school, self-doubt could not be found in any textbook, so she knew not its meaning” and Lee was able to show that Aunt Alexandra grew up nothing nothing else but being taught that you must be confident and and have no self
Scout was more of a tomboy than a girly girl. Aunt Alexandra didn’t like how she didn’t act like a proper lady, and would ask Scout to act more ladylike. As she grew up, she was able to understand things a lot better. She began acting more grown up in situations like Aunt Alexandra’s dinner party.
In the novel, Lee uses Scout to demonstrate how the expectations of society are pushed onto girls at a young age. One of the characters who forces these expectations onto Scout is Aunt Alexandra. Often times she ridicules Atticus for allowing Scout to wear breeches and be “unladylike.” During the Christmas party at Finch’s landing, Scout and Alexandra have a conversation about what is proper to wear.
When Jem and Scout’s Aunt Alexandra was thinking about moving in with the Finch’s, so they have a woman figure in their life, Atticus says to Scout, ‘’’How’d you like her to come live with us?’’’ (pg 128). This shows he is a good father because he cares about the opinion of his daughter. He honours and respects what she has to say. He is being fair because he knows the type of relationship Scout and her Aunt Alexandra have.